{"id":25220,"date":"2026-10-01T10:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/modern-cars-smart-features-could-be-used-to-spy-on-you-drivers-warned\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:37:55","slug":"modern-cars-smart-features-could-be-used-to-spy-on-you-drivers-warned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/modern-cars-smart-features-could-be-used-to-spy-on-you-drivers-warned\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern cars\u2019 smart features could be used to spy on you, drivers warned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hostile states could access cameras, microphones or GPS, says Dutch spy agency amid concerns over Chinese imports<\/p>\n<p>Drivers have been warned that the smart features built into modern cars such as microphones, cameras and GPS trackers could be used by hostile states to spy on them.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) called for \u201cawareness of espionage risks around modern vehicles\u201d, including microphones that can by switched on remotely to listen to conversations.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/oct\/01\/cars-smart-features-spy-gps-chinese-imports\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/938586c5c4e34a02d8b527189005f688010cd578\/307_306_3368_2694\/master\/3368.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8bfbb7bfaaa9f8990a4859e40003715b\" title=\"Modern cars\u2019 smart features could be used to spy on you, drivers warned\" \/>Hostile states could access cameras, microphones or GPS, says Dutch spy agency amid concerns over Chinese imports<br \/>\nDrivers have been warned that the smart features built into modern cars such as microphones, cameras and GPS trackers could be used by hostile states to spy on them.<br \/>\nThe Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) called for \u201cawareness of espionage risks around modern vehicles\u201d, including microphones that can by switched on remotely to listen to conversations. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hostile states could access cameras, microphones or GPS, says Dutch spy agency amid concerns over Chinese imports Drivers have been warned that the smart features built into modern cars such as microphones, cameras and GPS trackers could be used by hostile states to spy on them. The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) called &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/modern-cars-smart-features-could-be-used-to-spy-on-you-drivers-warned\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Modern cars\u2019 smart features could be used to spy on you, drivers warned<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25220"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}