Comment on Mozilla review of 25 car brands finds they're "a privacy nightmare"

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My car is from last decade, but I was able to remove its OnStar equivalent phone/internet connection by unplugging a box. I just had to do a little research and find out that the cellular device was in a little box you can disconnect, and where that was located.

  As far as I know that has it disconnected from any data-uploading ability. Not sure what data it might be gathering but it can’t send it anywhere.

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  • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This. Yes. I need to do this to my 2022 Honda next.

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• Oneser@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not owning a car with smart features

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  • gnutrino@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Imeanb given that all of the manufacturers failed the test what choice do you have? Old cars aren’t going to last forever.

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    • Oneser@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There is no option currently, and no political interest to change it. Maybe this report will change that… Let’s see

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