Cars are smartphones on wheels: new research maps who's listening inside your vehicle
longhaul · hn · 2026-10-04
Northeastern University's Khoury College launched an interactive research project examining connected cars as "smartphones on wheels": what voice assistants and sensors collect, who can hear in-car conversations, and where the data flows. It visualizes how automakers share driving and voice data with third parties, exposing the real privacy surface of modern vehicles.
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