TechRadar Questions Privacy Record of Chinese Connected Cars, Touts Long-Term VPN Deal
TechRadar questioned whether Chinese connected cars are worse for privacy and highlighted a VPN deal for torrenting users.
The privacy article, bylined by Chiara Castro, describes Chinese connected cars as "information-collecting monstrosities" and poses its central comparison as a question: whether those vehicles are in fact worse for privacy than their competitors. Castro is a multimedia journalist who writes about data privacy, online censorship, digital rights, technology policy and security software for TechRadar and TechRadar Pro, and who has said she focuses on the points where cybersecurity, markets and politics intersect.
The second item is TechRadar's VPN Deal of the Week, written by Dan, the site's Editor-in-Chief for VPN and How to Watch. According to his published biography, he oversees the outlet's VPN reviews, buying guides and usage articles, as well as its guides to watching television programmes abroad. The deal is presented as a long-term subscription suited to torrenting, and the article's headline states that it comes without what it calls nasty auto-renewal surprises, a reference to the renewal and billing terms some VPN providers apply.
The text available for both items consisted of contributor biographies rather than the full reporting, so further details of the privacy comparison and of the specific pricing and terms of the VPN offer were not available.