Er โฆ what exactly did they expect? LOL.
โช๏ธEU Regulation 2015/758 mandated eCall emergency systems capable of transmitting vehicle location data.
โช๏ธEU Regulation 2019/2144 mandated event data recorders, intelligent speed assistance, driver monitoring and other electronic safety systems. All captured for government and insurance companies.
Norway adopted both EU rules through the EEA.
And now everyoneโs shocked that Chinese connected cars have recorded Norwegian soldiersโ movements?
perhaps, before filling cars with cameras, sensors and data recording technology, governments should remember unless they build the cars and all the components then another country will CONTROL ALL THE DATA? Better still stop spying on your own citizens!
๐ณ๐ด๐จ๐ณ OMG! Norwegian Home Guard soldiers discovered that Chinese-linked rental cars had RECORDED THEM during an Oslo exercise, including their movements and the codes they entered at military gates.
The cars came through Hertz Norway, tied to Chinaโs Geely group via Volvo, and the unit kept using them because alternatives were scarce.
Modern vehicles store video and location data by default.
Pointing that capability at military movements and access codes turns a rental into a security problem.
The footage was deleted later, but itโs unclear whether any data left the cars.
Source: Norway News / Writer: Lucas