Connected car privacy risks found in 19 of 21 new vehicles

Key takeaways: Researchers found 19 of 21 new vehicles contacted third parties over WiFi, including ad and tracking domains.

New cars beam data to dozens of ad-tech and tracking domains, and even researchers can’t peek at what goes out over built-in eSIMs.

The vehicles contacted large technology companies, including Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta, as well as other trackers.

Twenty-eight of 30 connected mobile apps sent data to at least one third-party advertising or analytics company.

Researchers were not surprised to find that apps contact prominent ATA domains, including Google’s DoubleClick and Analytics, Facebook, and Adobe.