RockBottom@feddit.org to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTrillions of miles of data: Your car is spying on you, and it's only just the beginningwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkTrillions of miles of data: Your car is spying on you, and it's only just the beginningwww.bbc.comRockBottom@feddit.org to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheDemonBuer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 days agoThis is partly why I’m interested in the Slate truck. Your car can’t spy on you if it doesn’t have the tech needed for spying.
minus-squarevic_rattlehead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoUntil somebody does a teardown of a regular off the lot model, there’s no way to be sure.
minus-squarebridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoSadly it won’t happen. It’ll be government mandated so every car needs it, like screens. So if you want a new car in the US, get one from mexico or maybe Europe. Mexico was making the vw beetle up until like 2004? Old cars are going to shoot up in value even more now.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoJust wrap the connectivity antenna in foil.
minus-squarebridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoPut the whole car in a Faraday bag.
This is partly why I’m interested in the Slate truck. Your car can’t spy on you if it doesn’t have the tech needed for spying.
Until somebody does a teardown of a regular off the lot model, there’s no way to be sure.
Sadly it won’t happen. It’ll be government mandated so every car needs it, like screens.
So if you want a new car in the US, get one from mexico or maybe Europe. Mexico was making the vw beetle up until like 2004?
Old cars are going to shoot up in value even more now.
Just wrap the connectivity antenna in foil.
Put the whole car in a Faraday bag.