For now, i assume “all” you have to to is find the car’s antennas and disable them. Once “no signal” == “car won’t start”, you’ll have to spoof the antenna signal. I’ll keep my '98 car for as long as i can thanks very much.
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SecretSauces@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I wonder if there’s a way to disable that kind of reporting. Obviously, that’s not an acceptable answer to the issue. Sharing of information like that needs to be opt-in with full disclosure and not buried within pages of legalese.
But as a moderately tech savvy person, maybe there’s a way to disable it’s network connectivity so it can’t phone home anymore.
0x0@programming.dev 8 months ago
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 8 months ago
In my Subaru it’s a seperate box under the radio. It intercepts the front speakers and microphone from the radio, so with a custom harness I can bypass it. Obviously that varies by make, model, and trim.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Unless its fiber optic you could probably just cut and splice.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The mic needs active power. If you ignore the mic a simple pig tail adapter works without cutting up your cars cabling.
vvv@programming.dev 8 months ago
on my car, there’s a fuse you can pull out, which theoretically cuts power to OnStar. check your car manual/forums about your model
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 8 months ago
There is with my vehicle. In fact, such tracking was opt-in if you enabled the driving score feature.
I’d imagine this is mostly a case of someone not reading their ToS before enabling the car’s smart features.
slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 8 months ago
Rip out the antenna.