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jtbayly a day ago

Is there anything I can do besides refuse to buy a car that collects telemetry? Are there such cars still being manufactured?

exabrial a day ago | parent | next [-]

Most sensible cars have modules that fail independently. I pulled the modem out of my 2018 k2 and it still works just fine.

With newer, esp electric vehicles, there is an absolutely clear trend of non-repairability; failure rather than resiliency. Don’t expect the ability to do this forever.

m463 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wonder how hard it would be to add

  ifconfig cellular-modem down
in the tesla boot sequence
ElFitz a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I guess the only option nowadays is to buy an old used car.

Soon some of us will be back to using typewriters.

wkjagt a day ago | parent | next [-]

I'm fixing up a 1981 Volvo 240. It would be wonderful if it could replace my EV one day.

xtiansimon a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> “… back to using typewriters”

Back to using vehicles with _fuses_.