Car is a smartphone on wheels. Here's who's listening

This study shows connected vehicles and their companion apps routinely transmit sensitive data to manufacturers and third parties, with 19 of 21 vehicles contacting at least one third party over Wi‑Fi. For CIOs, that makes cars and fleet systems an extension of the enterprise endpoint estate—expanding privacy, compliance, vendor-risk, and reputational exposure that must be managed through stronger governance, monitoring, and data-minimization controls.