# Bloatware in Aftermarket Auto Parts

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/bloatware-in-aftermarket-auto-parts.html

Bloatware in Aftermarket Auto Parts This story is interesting: One Civic owner purchased a cheap aftermarket head unit off Amazon, and decided to have Claude work its magic on it, like it would a smart TV. What was reportedly discovered isn’t surprising, but is worth knowing about. Among the pre-installed bloatware—­or spyware, if you’re being less charitable­—was a voice assistant equipped with WebView, an Android system component that lets apps display content off the web. This apparently always used about a third of processing power, even while idle, which isn’t great. There wer

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Created: 2026-10-30T15:28:59.292731+00:00

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