{"id":64948,"date":"2026-10-05T11:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64948"},"modified":"2026-10-05T11:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:48:32","slug":"malwarebytes-your-cars-app-could-be-telling-big-tech-who-you-are-and-where-you-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64948","title":{"rendered":"Malwarebytes: Your car\u2019s app could be telling Big Tech who you are and where you go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Malwarebytes: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/news\/2026\/09\/your-cars-app-could-be-telling-big-tech-who-you-are-and-where-you-go?utm_source=iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20261005_octoberweeklynewsletter_v1_179079998017&amp;utm_content=cars_app\">Your car\u2019s app could be telling Big Tech who you are and where you go<\/a> by Pieter Arntz (\u201cA study testing 21 cars from 19 brands and 30 companion apps found connections to advertising and tracking companies, and evidence that some apps shared sensitive personal data. Modern cars can unlock remotely, route around traffic, stream entertainment, summon roadside help, and cool or heat the cabin before you get in. But those conveniences come with a privacy cost that drivers may struggle to see and are unable to refuse.\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malwarebytes: Your car\u2019s app could be telling Big Tech who you are and where you go by Pieter Arntz (\u201cA study testing 21 cars from 19 brands and 30 companion apps found connections to advertising and tracking companies, and evidence &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64948\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surveillance-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64950,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64948\/revisions\/64950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}