Harry Sintonen<p>The <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Volkswagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Volkswagen</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/geolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geolocation</span></a> leak is a great example of why I am such a luddite when it comes to sharing data with companies. I use as few cloud services as possible (for example, with Apple, I only use the "Find My" service from iCloud).</p><p>Even if you make an informed decision to share your data with a company, the data can still leak by accident or through a system compromise. The unfortunate fact is that these days, many services are made difficult or even impossible to use without accepting excessive data sharing.</p><p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2024/12/vw-group-data-breach-exposed-location-info-for-800000-evs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">carscoops.com/2024/12/vw-group</span><span class="invisible">-data-breach-exposed-location-info-for-800000-evs/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infoleaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infoleaks</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/volksdaten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>volksdaten</span></a></p>