Couple of months prior, I read an article on Mozilla, where they did a research on automakers and found none comply to good privacy measures. I am planning to buy a used car. I want to know how the data is collected and transmitted.

The car comes with a connected app though I am not planning to use it. It also has apple car play and android auto. Should I use those? The article states some manufacturers even records sexual activities. How are they transmitting these informations? Through connected phones?

My use is fairly basic, I want to use the Bluetooth audio system in the car for listening to music on my phone. I use maps on my phone.

What about car servicing? Can they access stored information?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      7 months ago

      Yes, with emission standards, old car purchases are not really encouraged here. I am looking for a fairly new used car and these features are already included in most of them.

    • @Bye
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      27 months ago

      A 1999 Honda crv can be made to run forever

      • @[email protected]
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        87 months ago

        Until someone blows a stop sign and turns it to scrap. You can only account for so much.

      • @DFWSAM
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        27 months ago

        Parts will fast become an issue.

        • @Bye
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          27 months ago

          No they won’t. Many many parts are shared with accords, there are so many parts in junkyards it’s insane. The engines are still being made too.

    • _haha_oh_wow_
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      -57 months ago

      Buy a used car, or don’t buy a car at all and ride a bike, walk, or use public transit. Might have to move to a place that has busing, subways, bike lanes, etc. but it isn’t impossible.

      • @[email protected]
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        107 months ago

        Depending on what you’re trying to avoid, even 18 year old cars had OnStar gps that could in theory always track you unfortunately

        • _haha_oh_wow_
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          17 months ago

          Pretty much any device could also be removed, disabled, or prevented from transmitting/receiving.

      • @[email protected]
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        17 months ago

        This is what I do, but sometimes you have to ride in someone else’s car. Trying to tell them you don’t want to speak because its a god damn surveillance capsule doesn’t go over well