Cars Are Smartphones on Wheels: Who's Listening Inside Your Vehicle
rafaelc · hn · 2026-10-02
A Northeastern Khoury College project examines how modern connected cars have become 'smartphones on wheels,' continuously collecting location, voice, and in-cabin behavior data and sharing it with third parties. It asks who exactly is 'listening' inside vehicles and highlights how little visibility and control consumers have over in-car data collection, framing cars as the next major privacy battleground.
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