It’s so frustrating that if you buy a modern car you have to give up any semblance of privacy
I appreciate my 12 yr old car for this reason. Also, physical buttons I can hit without taking my eyes off the road
2012 prius-c, physical air-conditioning temp knob, physical buttons for everything. Added CarPlay receiver, and it’s the perfect vehicle. No electronic “syncing” to be done. Just works.
My 2004 was the newest car I’d had when I bought it in 2018. I don’t plan on ever buying anything newer.
Yeah I’ve always believed in tactile feedback for driving safety. Which is why I love my Jeep Wrangler without the fancy features. Analog dash, keyed ignition, manual locks, windows, seats. Dials, knobs, handshift. I only have the backup camera since it became required lol
My 2009 Outback Wagon died on me this past summer 😭😭😭
Yep. I’m stuck driving cars from the mid-2000s at the latest because it’s a deal-breaker for me.
I’d love to have an electric car, but because they’re all newer than that (except for some really rare compliance/fleet-only cars from the '90s with NiMH batteries, like the Ford Ranger and first-gen RAV4), I’d have to convert an ICE car to electric myself.
This just makes me glad I removed the starlink box from my outback the first month I got the car.
If anyone wants to do the same in my 2018 (most gen 5s should be the same) you remove the radio and the starlink box is inside it. Removing the box breaks your front speakers and microphone. A simple passive pigtail will fix the speakers, but the microphone needs power. I found a guy online who made the active adapter so it was purely plug and play.
To anyone who didn’t read the article and was confused like me, apparently starlink is Subaru’s remote car security feature.
Good point. I always forget about Teslas starlink when talking about Subarus
We should all start asking around our local auto shops that handle software and ask if they disable gps or internet services.
It’s not illegal to modify your own vehicle (yet) so jailbreaking these shitty cars would be an awesome service.
I doubt there would be any auto shops that can reliably deal with software side elements that aren’t the dealership, and the dealership would refuse.
True, much easier to remove the antennas and SIM cards.
Until you find out the cars won’t start without them :(
We’re in a scary new world… I’m glad I’m old with no kids and not in great health.
Yeah, Subaru can have the Starlink disabled pretty easily by removing, essentially, a module behind the head unit. The only problem is that module also sends power to the front speakers. There’s been workarounds created, but it’s just asshole design at its finest.
If it’s like “OnStar” where you could call for help, or they’d call you in an accident. I suspect that’s why it was done :(
Yeah, good point, perhaps there is some engineering rationale for having them powered the same, so that the speakers are guaranteed to work as long as the Starlink does.
You mean stuff like chiptuning? People do that all the time?
I assume that it isn’t much technical knowhow to take a pair of wire snips and snip the power or antenna to the OnStar services. Least I assume that is what would be done
Car manufacturers are required by law to offer the same tools that dealers use for independent repair shops to repair their vehicles.
Some cars are more programmable than others. BMWs for example you can change pretty much anything about the car. But most cars aren’t as modifiable as them.
I doubt car manufacturers offer the ability to jailbreak their car OS to independent repair shops.
You’re looking for a hacker, not a dude who changes oil.
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Remember when hyundais could be unlocked with just a usb cable and a phone? And hyundai wanted people to pay for the fix after breaking into hyundais became a trend on tiktok.
Good to know if I ever need to find out where my lesbian cousin is.
