I get to “pretend own” a different long-term test vehicle every year. To date, none has truly been a “smartphone on wheels.” Sure, most can mirror my smartphone screen, displaying just 27 of my 256 ...

For most people, selling a car is a straightforward process: clean out your belongings, hand over the keys, and finalize the paperwork. But what many don’t realize is that their vehicle is carrying ...

Your car can hold your address book, garage codes, and recent locations. Clear the right menus, reset the right modules, and stop handing strangers a digital key. Connected cars store detailed ...

As cars become rolling computers, some drivers are heading in the opposite direction. Early-2000s vehicles are suddenly ...

Modern cars are quietly turning into rolling data centers, and the companies that build them are working to keep that information under tight corporate control, not in drivers’ hands. As lawmakers and ...

There’s a good chance your car knows all about you. Where you’ve been. How fast you drive. If you could’ve been a little easier on the brakes. Even what you look like, thanks to cameras pointed right ...

Modern cars track drivers through cameras, sensors, and telematics systems. Data is often shared with insurers, marketers, and data brokers. Drivers can review and adjust privacy settings or opt out ...

Your car is the worst at protecting your data, and so far, the government hasn't done a whole lot about it. That may be about to change, as three members of Congress have introduced the DRIVER Act, ...