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I wanted to get others' takes but it seems like the only real way to get a non-spying car is to get an older car without any sort of telemetrics. I saw a video about different car companies' security policies, well specifically the new Mental Outlaw video, and it just blew me away how even our cars aren't safe. Anyone got tips for how to anonymize their car?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And add a Faraday's cage. There are other things except for cellular connection used in cars such as WiFi and Bluetooth.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's impractical. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi also needs modems so just remove those too.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean sure if you can find and remove them. They're very small.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

They're going to be in the same location for a given model year, which somebody will likely have documented online.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'd want bluetooth for music from my phone though. And it'd be nice if my phone's cellular and GPS didn't get blocked.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Isn't your phone far more connected to your identity than your car? As in, if your worried about Toyota or Ford tracking your vehicles driving statistics it seems using GPS and wifi and Bluetooth on your phone that also has all your payment info, browsing history, and all your passwords saved defeats the entire purpose of worrying about your car. However, at least your phone gives you a benefit to using it like navigation and music, your car just mines your location data.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Privacy is not just black and white.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

But then the car can send the data via unprotected WiFi spots. I don't think you can turn off autoconnect.