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Data from Global Affairs Canada shows more than 2,900 Chinese EVs entered Canada in May, igniting a debate around national security.

The risk that Canadian data collected by connected vehicles are accessed and exploited increases when these data are sent to — or transit through — foreign jurisdictions with more permissive data management frameworks

A valid concern! Why not consider the same thing for vehicles from other jurisdictions?

The Chinese government has shown their intention to try to use any technology that they can to advance their own goals… [and] that would include using Chinese EVs to collect data that they could be compelled back in China to use for whatever purposes they feel.

Terrible! But also very1, very2 familiar3.

In 2017, the Chinese government passed its National Intelligence Law, which requires any Chinese companies to comply with state orders to hand over any information.

So, just like the American CLOUD Act? And Bill C-22 right here in Canada?

Sounds like it isn’t a problem with Chinese EVs, but instead it’s a problem with Canada’s approach to privacy.

/EndRant

  • Garnish2087@fedinsfw.appEnglish
    20·
    6 days ago

    Gee sure would be nice if it weren’t against the law to properly look into the software and reverse engineer it so that couldn’t be a problem

  • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
    16·
    6 days ago

    I’m not into buying a new car from anyone, let alone one that spies on me as most of them do. But if I were hypothetically forced to choose who spies on me I’d rather it be China’s government than my own or one that shares intel with mine

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      Tesla has been doing this since 2012, even watching you with the car cameras. But when it’s USA we are ok with it.

      So are you burying your phone as well?

      • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        I was using a Chinese model with a custom ROM until the US banned sales of that brand (Free market strikes again smh), these days I’m using a OnePlus (Western hardware, but more niche) with a custom ROM.

    • ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca
      3·
      5 days ago

      But that would also mean the government and corps cannot spy on us! After all, corporations knowing everything about you and your location and everything from your phone and public WiFi and whatever at all is times then just selling it or giving it to the police is how we can eliminate all freedoms without actually repealing them!

  • Scotty@scribe.disroot.org
    4·
    5 days ago

    [Bisson] said he fears many Canadians are not fully aware of the potential dangers … “There’s been a bit of an underlying lack of talking about the issues surrounding this technology and how it could be used against Canadian interests,” he said.