“Analysts estimate that by 2030, car data monetization could be an industry worth $750 billion.” Yo I bare the weight of the ads on my public bus/train rides… now why the heck would I want a modern car?
What year IS safe?
The first one before they started introducing smart features.
I just saw someone post of open source cars. Now I know why.
I still drive an old car and this is one of many reasons why.
Subaru states that by being a passenger, you are considered a user — and by being a user, you have consented to their privacy policy. Several car brands also note that it is a driver’s responsibility to tell passengers about the vehicle’s privacy policies.
No way that holds up in court. But in what situation would that appear in court unless someone has money to burn?
This kind of shit is what makes me not want an EV, that and I guess the ease of repair but that could change with proper regulation and resources. I’m all for EVs but my current relatively effecient ICE car doesn’t spy on me and that’s important as well.
This kind of shit makes me want to build an EV using a kit.
The EV kit company I was looking at years ago stopped being a kit company and became Tesla :(
This makes me want open source community-made vehicles. Who else is with me on that?
Any recommendations? Not sarcasm, I genuinely wanna know.
everytime WE get into a car with our friends we ALWAYS read the privacy policy aloud to them right guys
I hate the world we’re building.
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This is why if you buy a car, you should get a “dumb” car.
Here’s some tips:
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Sticking to this community’s name, ditch the automobile all together and adopt a hybrid approach of cycling and public transit. Buy and/or build a good bike or e-bike and learn the local bus route and/or routes of any other public transit.
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For those of us still stick in Der Orangenführer’s fascist regime, stick to cars made before 2012. Some cars were going to high tech before this but it’s bond to be outdated but check if it’s still used.
This is reminding me of a talk I had with a mechanic friend in the early 1990s, when integrated electronics started showing up in basic functions of a lot of new cars. People like him, who didn’t know crap about computers but were really good at the mechanical concerns when cars were pretty much mechanical devices - fuel goes in here, controlled explosions in that box there turn other things which make wheels go, and a bunch of cords and plumbing to connect it all up and levers and gears to direct the mechanical energy - were having to confront what to do when that mysterious circuit board began to need work.
This talk happened when I was visiting to set up a new cassette-based telephone answering machine for his auto workshop’s office and tutor him in its use, because he was that hopeless with electronics.
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i wonder if snipping off your car’s modem completely stops the flow of data. like sure, your car’s CPU is still gathering that data but they have no way to retrieve it. unless you visit a dealership or authorized mechanic shop?
Time for opensourcevehicles and opensourcetransit to become a thing. I’m one of many people interested in doing that. Anyone have spitball ideas on how to go about doing that?
Trying to think up some simpler first projects, how to get it funded, and how to get a community for that up and running
Also, some people were interested in making opensourcebusiness community. If anyone is still interested then please do it there was 7 people I remember that were interested at the time for that
We can also get opensourceanimation, opensourceuiux, and way more up and running. To slowly transform our world and get open source to grow even more
Edit: Would be cool for people to get community projects made for bikes, electric bikes, bike-cars, cars, VTOL’s, and way more overtime. Trams, trolleys, trains, high speed rail, airplanes, submarines, airships, etc
Edit 2: Main focus being people-focused transit. Didn’t realize I was in fuckcars. If we are going to have any transit might as well be open source especially EV’s
I would assume an open source e-bike would probably be the place to start.
Someone elsewhere in the thread linked https://www.openmotors.co/product/tabbyevo/, which I had never heard of before and which is actually pretty fascinating.
I’d obviously say the best open source vehicles are bikes and scooters, but I understand that currently isn’t an option for everyone and that even in the ideal scenario there’s going to need to be a small number of cars, trucks and vans. IDK how practical something like this will really be, but it’s at least pretty neat.
Awesome thanks for the heads up! Feel like it will be possible just for bigger projects it will definitely need a community open source everything approach
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The smartest chip in my 2001 VW Golf is the automatic climate control.
got to love GDPR
What about my zero potions 2014 kangoo.
There’s more than enough spying capability on most smartphones. I’m not worried about my car at all.
But your car is a heck of a lot harder to install a privacy-focused custom ROM on.
Indeed.
