Toyota, Progressive Insurance, and a data analytics firm are now being accused of collecting detailed personal driving information without proper consent

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[–] 42 points 9 months ago (14 children)

Honestly if a car has any form of internet connectivity built in, it should raise so many red flags before you even sit down to talk financing.

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  • [–] 36 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    Good luck finding a modern car that doesn't, I just yank out the power to the modem

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I wouldn't mind doing this on my vehicle. Elaborate?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    my rates do seem high. I had a wreck a few years back but it was a dented door and fixed just fine. I work from home so I dont drive all that much, and the car is cheap. But it does have telemetry. I wonder if I should just bridge a resistor across the onstar antenna terminals

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Casually reading, you could put a 50ohm or larger resistor there.

    You will have a better result removing/disabling the module completely. There are several searchable tutorials based on the vehicle module.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yes but if it ever goes into the shop a software update can teach it to misbehave when things are disconnected. An artificially weak signal, on the other hand, would fall under a practical failure mode they would have accommodated for in firmware.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    So, OnStar, for decades now, has had cellular activity whether you were paying for it or not. They just used to be careful about not selling data. But even if the user didn't pay and the manufacturer didn't sell, those models are trackable by ISP.

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