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Your car is selling your data(theverge.com)
20 points by bookofjoe an hour ago | 7 comments
tomrod 4 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

How can this be stopped, from a technical perspective? Can I wrap the comms in a Faraday cage?

Obviously it would be better to have this action be illegal. But with legal privacy protections eroding in the US and other countries, it seems prudent to have a better understanding of the systems involved in the immoral surveillance.

schmeichel a minute ago | parent | next [-]

It is possible to remove the hardware itself that is responsible for this, but depending on the car it can very involved: https://arkadiyt.com/2026/05/13/removing-the-modem-and-gps-f...

forgetfreeman a minute ago | parent | prev [-]

Simple: don't own a vehicle with this capability.

cc62cf4a4f20 12 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That‘ll happen when you don‘t have meaningful data protection laws.

bookofjoe an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://archive.ph/TWEVZ

wallkroft 14 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

BREAKING: The water found in the ocean

everyone 5 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Another reason to use a car from 90's or 2000's.. Also they wont burn oil like a modern car + more durable and repairable metal parts.

https://youtu.be/Ft12aZffCEg?si=qP1J5k6RXAxmZChf

https://youtu.be/SeMZGICNSMg?si=-YLnt5Q477xpFbra

https://youtu.be/8Kp108x4tQA?si=j7JV-_Dpl5afP99F