Volkswagen has been collecting geolocation data from their smart cars, which were accidentally made public

2 years ago by Bezier to c/internetofshit

Attached: 1 image As it turns out, Volkswagen has been collecting extensive geo data from all their electric cars and made them available online in an AWS bucket. Almost 10TB of geo traces from 15 MiO cars. Amazing detail and patterns. This is why I don't want a smart car 🤯 https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/wir-wissen-wo-dein-auto-steht-volksdaten-von-volkswagen/ #Volksdaten

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/1293179

lurch 3 points 2 years ago

Title is a bit misleading IMO: They were really bad secured and some Hackers jumped through the Hoops to retrieve them and informed the app developer company.

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