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?
Remove the cellular modem.
What are the chances the software is designed to throw errors and “See a technician” messages if you dk?
I’ve heard it can cause problems in some models, so people need to do their research. With my truck it’s dead easy and are no drawbacks.
Depends on the car but I’d say the chance is above 50%
Not small, but I think you’ll have better chances with the mid level commuter cars. You’ll probably get some error messages on some of them, but if you can ignore them, they wouldn’t stop the car from running.It’s the high end ones and EVs that have a higher chance of bricking if you disable the antenna.
And add a Faraday’s cage. There are other things except for cellular connection used in cars such as WiFi and Bluetooth.
I’d want bluetooth for music from my phone though. And it’d be nice if my phone’s cellular and GPS didn’t get blocked.
But then the car can send the data via unprotected WiFi spots. I don’t think you can turn off autoconnect.
That’s impractical. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi also needs modems so just remove those too.
I mean sure if you can find and remove them. They’re very small.
They’re going to be in the same location for a given model year, which somebody will likely have documented online.
Most of the cars will still try to connect to open Wifi when available to upload data.
Get rid of the car
Perhaps disconnecting the RF antenna, and replacing it with an appropriate termination?