From your weight and facial expressions to your destination, cars collect a startling amount of data about you. Some of it may even raise your insurance costs.

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[–] 15 points 4 months ago (5 children)

So like, what car do you buy new if you want to mod it to not phone home?

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

    No can can transmit data without an antenna. I disconnect mine when I get a new car and just don't install their app on my phone.

    Some cars have a "telemetry" fuse, but I've never trusted that. They don't explicitly say which part of the car does the spying and the reporting.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    A cellphone doesn't have a visible antenna, yet it transmits. I'm only saying this because I dont know about cars... are you removing the radio receiver antenna, or is there a cell phone antenna hidden in the car somewhere that can also be removed?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    My understanding is that the radio antenna module on the roof will have several antennas (AM/FM radio, satellite radio, GPS, mobile data), and you could disconnect the mobile data and GPS from the telemetry module, after which it would appear to the car that it just didn't have service. I haven't done this myself though so I'm not sure

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