▲ 482 ▼ People Are Slowly Realizing Their Auto Insurance Rates Are Skyrocketing Because Their Car Is Covertly Spying On Them (www.techdirt.com) submitted 2 years ago by Glass0448@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Iirc Mozilla tried, but they all were so terrible everybody got an F according to their (IMO pretty fair) standards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) This was a completely different thing - the report was about what data they collect or have the capability to collect, rather than how easy it is to remove the telematics unit and which functions would be impacted by it. The suggested measures against this were pretty basic, no mention was made of actual modifications. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I'd expect in most cars it's as simple as pulling a fuse for the cellular radio. But depending on how the car is designed that might break other features like the infotainment or keyless entry. It's hit or miss how any given car will react to things being unplugged. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago They will record it and upload it at your next service. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) This was a completely different thing - the report was about what data they collect or have the capability to collect, rather than how easy it is to remove the telematics unit and which functions would be impacted by it. The suggested measures against this were pretty basic, no mention was made of actual modifications. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I'd expect in most cars it's as simple as pulling a fuse for the cellular radio. But depending on how the car is designed that might break other features like the infotainment or keyless entry. It's hit or miss how any given car will react to things being unplugged. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago They will record it and upload it at your next service. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I'd expect in most cars it's as simple as pulling a fuse for the cellular radio. But depending on how the car is designed that might break other features like the infotainment or keyless entry. It's hit or miss how any given car will react to things being unplugged. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago They will record it and upload it at your next service. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago They will record it and upload it at your next service. permalink fedilink source parent