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Emailed on October 25th, 2019 in The Friday Forward

Mercedes-Benz car owners have said that the app they used to remotely locate, unlock and start their cars was displaying other people’s account and vehicle information.

TechCrunch spoke to two customers who said the Mercedes-Benz’ connected car app was pulling in information from other accounts and not their own, allowing them to see other car owners’ names, recent activity, phone numbers, and more. 

You can read more from TechCrunch here which features exactly the eloquent response you'd expect from a Mercedes-Benz owner: "Pretty bad f*** up in my opinion.”


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