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Cars are data-harvesting machines. These brands share your personal information (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 weeks ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Sounds like a vehicle I wouldn't buy. That's the ultimate control - the consumer demands privacy and buys the vehicle that provides it

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

good luck not owning a vehicle after literally all of them become enshittified garbage.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah... Doesn't really work like that in reality. Look at TVs.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mine isn't hooked to the Internet. Works for me.

[–] white_nrdy@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is the way. I just moved and got a new TV. It has never been connected to the internet and never will. My Shield TV pro handles that

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No car for you then, since all of them do it. Can't go to work? Too bad.

Just remember, voting with your wallet works. /s

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wirecutters do wonders for privacy.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As long as it's not literally digitally run on one wire, and if you cut it, you have no infotainment system. Or, in some cases, no way to start your car.

Or it's not a rental. Or your friend's car. Or a taxi.

This needs to be regulated away.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I snipped the antenna lead from the cellular modem on my Hyundai. No more built-in road assistance, remote start, or emergency unlocking, but I then never signed up to pay for those features. The car can't phone home anymore. I connect my phone to the infotainment system to allow navigation, and the phone has an Internet DNS filter that prevents connections to Hyundai's servers.

That will have to suffice until we get full digital privacy rights.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. We're just describing various failures to effectively govern.