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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The old advice was about Bluetooth and usb pairing where your contacts were downloaded into the car so it could display names and numbers.

Modern cars have a proprietary interface for CarPlay where it basically acts as an external screen for your phone, I’m pretty sure it’s fairly secure interface and no worse than going on public WiFi?

The one concern I would have is and wiring from a beat up rental and getting higher voltage or a short from a dodgy USB and frying phone. [/quote]

Public WiFi is pretty risky, don’t touch it without a vpn. I think it’s safe to assume that anything you share with your car is also shared with the car manufacturer. It’s up to you whether you care or not. Some do, the rest babble something about tin foil. [/quote]

This ^

Also, I'll just add, VPN's are being compromised quite often now. Honeypots gathering data from unsuspecting users. [/quote]

Do you know of particular vpn services that have been compromised? I try to go with non-obvious ones if possible. I figure the larger the user base the more likely it is to be risky. [/quote]

There's no way to know for sure with most easily found ones for normies. Look at where their servers are and laws in that country. Also, their ties to other countries, corporations, billionaires, governments, etc. [/quote]

I ditched express vpn when they got bought. It’s fast but they seem like a pretty shady bunch. [/quote]

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