FCC wants cars to make life harder for stalkers

Most new model cars are not just cars anymore. With multiple digital systems, vehicles are increasingly plugged into web applications and digital processes. Some of them are basically smartphones on wheels.

Even if we assume these new features were all created with your convenience in mind, some of them can have some adverse effects on your privacy, and sometimes even your safety.

Addressing the use of connected cars to stalk, intimidate, and harass survivors of domestic violence, the Federal communications …

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