Its sad. I LOVE the concept of smart devices, the fact that you can do things so much more conveniently with little interaction. They can absolutely be done without being privacy nightmares, but apparently companies are not interested in that.
I post this a second time because this post is more active. What can we do to stop the transfer of data? Can we disconnect the antenna/modem that connects the cars to the Internet?
I know my vehicle has a fuse to pull to disconnect the modem.
This has been one of the major reasons I have no desire to buy a new car. I do not want a $30k IoT device that spies on me. Unfortunately, that is pretty much the norm now.
If/when I am forced to buy another, I’ll be looking hard into which ones are the easiest to rip the modem out of. Can’t be an IoT spying device without the internet.
I’m looking into restomods myself. No need to buy a new car and rip it up.
I wonder what your insurance company would say about that.
People modify their cars all the time and my insurance company has no business tracking everything I do either.
Fuck that insurance company. When mine shipped a couple of OBD-II connection boxes for us to install for our auto insurance, I sent them back. They told me I wouldn’t get their special discount if I didn’t install the trackers in our 2 vehicles. I said I’m not installing your tracker boxes regardless. I continue to have car insurance, and those alleged discounts didn’t really amount to much.
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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Nissan also said it collected information on “sexual activity.” It didn’t explain how.
Nissan doesn’t provide a detailed explanation of how the data is collected, but they say that the source they collect the data is “Direct contact with users and Nissan employees,” Whatever that means.
Based on this information, I can only infer that the Nissan sales handbook has a section on using seduction for particularly difficult and/or hot potential customers.
…I used to work at a pizza shop. Oh, so that’s why we got so many orders from the local Nissan dealership!
Are dumb cars still manufactured? I don’t drive so I have no clue what the market’s like.
Holy god. I’m not letting go of my '09 carolla and ebike. What the fuck.
One of the reasons I got a motorcycle instead.
When Tesla came about ,I said privacy in cars is going to be a problem in the the future if people keep buying them and nobody protests. Well, we are now in that future. Crotch rockets may be our salvation.
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Be me
Siemens Charger
People using my wifi to get work done
Cool story, bro
Oh, look, somebody thought the tracks were a cool place to park
No parking zone will be enforced with extreme prejudice.
