Dutch Intelligence Service Warns Not to Hold Secret Talks in a Modern Car
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Modern cars have become increasingly smart in recent years, have countless sensors, and are also connected to the Internet. Their main goal is to make life easier for users, but the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) warns in a new brochure about the risk of them being exploited for espionage.
Because modern cars collect increasingly more data from drivers—for example, because they are equipped with cameras and microphones—the chance that ‘malicious parties’ are watching is ‘very likely’. The General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) warns of this in an advisory report, which is primarily aimed at officials in the business sector and the government.
The car is now a connected system, equipped with sensors, microphones, cameras, location systems and modules capable of constantly communicating with external infrastructures. The AIVD, the Netherlands' intelligence and internal security service, draws attention to the issue through the publication of the document De Moderne Auto als Mogelijke Spion. Digital dreigingen in slimme [...]
A modern car can know much more about its driver than they suspect. Cameras, microphones, GPS, telematics, and infotainment systems collect vast amounts of data. The Dutch Intelligence and Security Agency (AIVD) warns that cars could also become tools for digital espionage.
The Dutch intelligence service (AIVD) issued instructions to officials and company employees who come into contact with sensitive information not to treat a car equipped with smart systems as private space, as it could be used for espionage.
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