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I propose requiring explicit opt in for each piece of data collected, and explicit opt in for each piece shared to a third party. Failure to opt in for a particular piece should only result in the degradation of features that can be reasonably explained as requiring the data.
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Sadly I can imagine car manufacturers using dark patterns to make the options really annoying, just like they do with cookies.

You’ll get some shit like one big “agree to all” button and 200 small opt-out buttons that reset weekly.




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