Chinese-made cars rented by Norwegian military automatically recorded and stored video footage during military exercises
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Connected vehicles are now rolling sensor networks whose default logging can collide directly with operational security. Any organization handling sensitive activity needs a formal policy on what ‘smart’ hardware is allowed near it — cars, cameras, consumer drones, everything — and how data is wiped or quarantined after use.
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