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Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little to no control of the data they hand over (www.ctvnews.ca)

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[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Can't really go into depth, but I worked for a major automaker, privacy is a joke for newer cars even if you don't pay for the Internet plans.

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[–] pyr0ball@reddthat.com 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is there anything a mildly competent electronics enthusiast could do to disable any outbound data?

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[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately not for the company I worked for, all I will say is it was one of the top 5 automakers in the world.

I assume the others were also doing similar things in their cars.

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

I unplugged the cellular modem in mine. But it was made last decade, so they probably make those harder to find now.

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[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

As far as I'm aware, newer cars have them embedded in the head unit.

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[–] pyr0ball@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Ok so, replacing the head unit might work?

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[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago

Hard to say if it's the same for most of the major auto makers, but from what I had been told by the head unit team, mostly everything for connected services was run through the head unit.

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