• Scott@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Can’t really go into depth, but I worked for a major automaker, privacy is a joke for newer cars even if you don’t pay for the Internet plans.

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      1 year ago

      Is there anything a mildly competent electronics enthusiast could do to disable any outbound data?

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        1 year ago

        Unfortunately not for the company I worked for, all I will say is it was one of the top 5 automakers in the world.

        I assume the others were also doing similar things in their cars.

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        1 year ago

        I unplugged the cellular modem in mine. But it was made last decade, so they probably make those harder to find now.

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              1 year ago

              Hard to say if it’s the same for most of the major auto makers, but from what I had been told by the head unit team, mostly everything for connected services was run through the head unit.