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Car Privacy is Shit (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by ExperimentalGuy@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I wanted to get others' takes but it seems like the only real way to get a non-spying car is to get an older car without any sort of telemetrics. I saw a video about different car companies' security policies, well specifically the new Mental Outlaw video, and it just blew me away how even our cars aren't safe. Anyone got tips for how to anonymize their car?

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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 53 points 3 months ago (17 children)

The problem with the "just buy old cars" is that I want a used electric car for like $10k.

We need a wiki of EVs that.has a section on each model enumerating which components are used to spy on you and videos showing how to neuter them.

[–] aPirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah with EVs it seems like improving the privacy would be a pain, since they are reliant on parts of the digital system that is causing the privacy problem in the first place. I'm planning on sticking with a gen 3 Prius for awhile.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Are you sure the gen3 Prius doesn't have these sensors and privacy issues? I had a gen2 Prius and that thing had loads of sensors everywhere.

I ask because I'm seriously considering buying a gen3 Prius. Do you have any resources you can link me to where researches actually did an audit of this car to see what info it collected and what was uploaded to Toyota or the mechanics?

[–] aPirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't really know much about that except for the fact that it does not have any form of a digital transponder that actively sends data it could be storing it though. Here is a site about vehicle privacy where I just looked up a random gen 3 Prius vin. (https://vehicleprivacyreport.com/report/?vin=%20JTDKN3DU1A000806#)

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