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How To Opt Out Of Your Car’s Surveillance State (Before It’s Too Late) (www.carsandhorsepower.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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Modern cars are spy hubs on wheels, tracking your location, conversations, and behavior.

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[–] 16 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Physically disconnecting the broadband antenna is always a solid option too

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

    For as long as they let you. Watch, soon they'll be required to connect to the network at least every 30 days to function.

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

    so you splice a switch into the antenna wire.

    They can't require connectivity or all cars would stop in tunnels.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    You make switching RF sound easier than it is, but this is quite possibly the solution.

    That or taking the train, but those have their own problems (including not being available in all places).

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I have seriously thought about doing this. I believe if your car is stolen, your insurance will not pay out if you have disconnected the antenna. It's probably not enough to stop me from disconnecting the antenna, but it's infuriating how much the whole system works against privacy.

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

    Nope. I'll just upload your data when the mechanic plugs into the computer

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    What data exactly is it going to upload? There's a finite amount of data that can store and I'd imagine with the chip/storage costs on the rise no manufacturer is going to be using a larger onboard storage device. They're all too damn cheap for that

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    GPS coordinates and timestamps. Metadata from biometric photos. Your sexual habits from the seat cushion sensors (this is in their own privacy policy)

    A large part of their income is selling this data to police (or anyone who pays the data brokers, really). It's cheap to store and it would be stupid for them not to.

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