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Trillions of miles of data: Your car is spying on you, and it's only just the beginning (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

If you own your car (not paying off a loan or a lease) you can remove the sim card/ internet module from your car. It may cause some features to stop working (nothing that impares the vehicle) but it stops the car from actually sending the data it's collecting

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Nope. They'll jump the air gap when the mechanic plugs it in

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

    Just avoid dealerships and instead use independent mechanics that are hip to your scheme. I bet some mechanics could even use it as a selling point; no hooking up telemetry or even offering services to remove or disable the monitoring systems. I'd use that mechanic for everything.

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