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Good thing my car is from the 60s and doesn't have one computer controlling a darn thing...👍

And I thought that fin was just decoration.

Can you disable wifi?

Why must everything new be shit I want a car that isn't rusting off the frame. But also a car that isnt spying on me.

I'd be willing to bet the Chinese are not selling your data anywhere near as much as the rest, if at all.

I'm glad I still have a 2001 car.

My 2006 Honda Element can’t send data via WiFi because it doesn’t know how. To access data while driving, I installed an aftermarket entertainment/nav system that keeps Google updated on my location so it can direct me. If you don’t want your vehicle sending data, remove the transponder.

Scumbags!

Nothing says cutting-edge innovation like your brakes waiting for a tracking pixel to fire before deciding if you get an insurance rate hike.

I won't buy a car that has to connect to the mothership everyday...

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Subaru uses Startlink; no way I'm going to pay for it to remain active! Also found the app to be useless so that's gone. Still don't quite trust the car though; why I kept my late husband's beast of a 2007 FJ Cruiser. Every time privacy is mentioned I secretly forgive it the gas consumption!

That's right, go out and buy those new cars and let them spy on you and sell your data and jack your prices up even more. Man...

This is why we can't have nice things...

Data is the currency of wealth today. By 2045 the government may be microchip implanting newborns—the mantra being "anti human-trafficing."

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JFC

Turn off the wifi in your car

YEP, SHOSHANA ZUBOFF WAS ABSODAMNLUTELY RIGHT!

Is there no privacy left in this world? I hate it!

Fair. But I have a 32 mpg little car and a Dodge 2500 turbo diesel for emergencies and rarely pulling our pop-up camper. They're paid for. Being retired on Social Security it's just not possible. Frankly my kids will inherit these. I don't drive much anymore.

I think that’s GPS.

That’s a combination of cameras reading speed limit signs and getting information via GPS. Mitsubishi Outlanders have a similar system, but you can turn it off.

I believe, at least with KIA, this spying is only enabled if you buy the connect service which uses the vehicles built in cellular. Tesla’s connect service is paid for in your purchase price for 8 years or forevermore.

Turn off the internet connection. Problem solved.

I thought China was supposed to be the problem?

Phones, cars, smart home devices... They can even use wifi to *precisely* scan and track your movements. And all so they can suck away all "your" money. And if you don't comply they'll disable "your" stuff. And that's the corporations. The government buys this data to bypass warrants. Paranoid yet?

I was wondering where all those "amateur gives road head!" videos were coming from

And that's why I'm holding onto my 2000 fully analog, ice-powered vehicle like, forever.

And now you know how ICE is finding people to abduct. One of the third party apps is undoubtedly linked to a database they can access.

One should always assume that your digital data is in the public domain. So don't enter data that you don't want anyone to know.

I'm finally in a position where I can buy whatever car I want, and there is no way I'm getting one of these new spying cars.

I broke my leg the same year I bought a new car. I had others drive me around to doctors appointments and shopping etc. When it came time to renew my insurance my per month payment went from okay to SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS from the OnStar data. Every company I called for a lower rate quoted the same

I’m personally sick of having to set cookies and protection on every single website! There is no reason to be tracking people. It should be illegal.

"analytics" is a mighty broad category.

Every time I get in my beloved Subaru, and then see that "Starlink" screen, I wanna 🤢.

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Read , then scream. Ask your dealer straight up .

That’s why I drive a 1997 Honda CR-V FOREVER

Wifi lets data circulate around your vehicle nicely. If you want your car to call home, you need cell data.

This needs to be illegal. A new car costs an arm & a leg. If we’re just using it, drop the price accordingly. I want an old clunker with no electronics. Give me knobs and switches.

I have a 1993 Corolla in beautiful shape with only 146K km (91K mi) on it. When I bought it, it was intended to be my 'last car'. So far, so good. Automatic transmission, manual windows, manual door locks.

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Over WIFI?

(I don't have a smart speaker or TV - I have a Linux HTPC feeding an amp and dumb HDMI TV for me music/video needs.)

How large of a telescreen do you need? 50 inch commercial monitors that do HDMI only, no WiFi even available, aren't hard to find. Look for "commercial display." www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/17...

Fuck these car companies! If my screen starts showing ads, I am going to take a hammer to it. I am also tired of car companies jumping on these shitty subscription products. If a company comes out and makes a dumb vehicle with no connectivity and you can fix or service yourself, I am first in line.

Welcome to our necrotic-stage-capitalism where EVERYTHING is a corporate GRIFT, everything!