Cars are a 'privacy nightmare on wheels'. Here's how they get away with collecting and sharing your data
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Cars are a 'privacy nightmare on wheels'. Here's how they get away with collecting and sharing your data::Cars with internet-connected features are fast becoming all-seeing data-harvesting machines—a so-called "privacy nightmare on wheels," according to US-based research conducted by the Mozilla Foundation.
I read at Tesla employees were sending memes around around their offices with photos from inside owners garages that were compromising or amusing.
Wonder if you disabled cellular on these cars, take away its ability to call home, if the car would still be usable, or would it just brick itself?
Varies widely, sometimes you can call in and opt-out, boom done. It will naturally take the cellular features like hotspot, app stuff with it. It will be very make/model specific. You can do it on Toyota's by pulling a fuse if calling don't work and you only lose the microphone.
I have 2 questions: I suppose there isn't a jailbreaking scene for cars due to potential security/insurance concerns? (beyond unlocking infotainment features) and 2: are any manufacturers using open source software for their systems?
They're all built on an open source base, but everything they add is proprietary
1: there is, but at this point its pretty niche and scattered. Lots of its hush-hush due to like you said potential security/insurance concerns. Mostly used for cracking and getting system/diagnostics readouts and error codes, Fob cloning, etc. without forking out cash to do so through the so called "proper channels".
2: not that I've seen, and from they software they do use it seems mainly in house additions.
Though im not super into the scene, and i see it growing rapidly over the next few years seeing manufacturers keep doing some scummy shit to lock down their products.
Edit: fat fingered post before i finished typing it out oops.
Countering this is very make-specific and you can have options ranging from calling in (opt-out) to pulling fuses to messing with dash wiring.
Make/Vehicle-specific forums will likely be a good resource to start with but naturally you'll have to deal with the "you have phone, lul" defeatist idiots anywhere.
Considerations include age (Models with 3G radios are disconnected anyway most likely), trim (maybe only certain trim levels got a cellular radio), and features. (Hotspot, OnStar, an SOS button indicate the presence of such a telematics system)
Honest question. I feel like I've seen this same story 5 times already... is it being reposted a lot?
This was gonna be my comment.
I suppose that's one thing my 2008 shitbox has going for it... Seems like every product is moving towards the advertising mindset