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[–] 216 points 2 years ago* (15 children)

Imo, the only solution is every device with an antenna must be legally required to put a manual off switch.

Cell service, wifi, Bluetooth, any future service. If it broadcasts it needs a physical off switch.

If I sold my car to a government official and they found out I had hidden a camera, microphone and GPS in the car, I'd get a visit from the FBI. Yet companies do it with impunity. Does the CEO of Subaru have recordings of Bernie Sanders driving in his car?

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The current generation of the ford mustang Mach-e has its mobile telemetry cellular antenna wired to an isolated fuse that you can just pull out to kill it. I was astonished to learn how straight forward the process is supposed to be.

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don't trust that they won't save the data and upload it during a servicing.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That's a good point. A Lemmy user claimed that happened to him with his Ford.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And each type of communication needs it's own switch. Don't let them pull some BS trying to make you enable all the hardcore tracking via a cell network just because you want to connect to Bluetooth.

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  • [+] -18 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Somewhere in the piece of plastic we somehow call a car. They don't make them like they used to

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    I'm not that nostalgic. Everything about my new car is better than my older cars. My 2023 minivan has a better 0-60 than my old V-8 Mustang while getting 2x the MPG. The only thing that is bad is the tracking.

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