▲ 417 ▼ Your car is a smartphone on wheels: A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies. (www.consumerreports.org) submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1432229/your-car-is-a-smartphone-on-wheels-a-team-of-researchers-tested-21-vehicles-and-found-th Data sent by vehicles and companion apps included locations, VINs, and other identifiers. Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft were among the top receivers of driver data.
[–] amgine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (4 children) eSIM. Gotta gut the modem and hopefully not break anything permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kjell@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (3 children) Maybe start with removing the fuse for the modem to make sure nothing essential breaks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] amgine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children) Worth a shot. The question is whether the modem has its own fuse and isn’t integrated into the head unit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kjell@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) It is of course different for different brands, models and model year but my car seems to have a fuse for the Internet connection. Control module for online car; Control module for Volvo On Call I'm getting tempted to pull it and see what happens more than the fault code. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] amgine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago I’d do it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kjell@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (3 children) Maybe start with removing the fuse for the modem to make sure nothing essential breaks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] amgine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children) Worth a shot. The question is whether the modem has its own fuse and isn’t integrated into the head unit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kjell@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) It is of course different for different brands, models and model year but my car seems to have a fuse for the Internet connection. Control module for online car; Control module for Volvo On Call I'm getting tempted to pull it and see what happens more than the fault code. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] amgine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago I’d do it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amgine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children) Worth a shot. The question is whether the modem has its own fuse and isn’t integrated into the head unit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kjell@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) It is of course different for different brands, models and model year but my car seems to have a fuse for the Internet connection. Control module for online car; Control module for Volvo On Call I'm getting tempted to pull it and see what happens more than the fault code. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] amgine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago I’d do it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kjell@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) It is of course different for different brands, models and model year but my car seems to have a fuse for the Internet connection. Control module for online car; Control module for Volvo On Call I'm getting tempted to pull it and see what happens more than the fault code. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] amgine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago I’d do it permalink fedilink source parent