I don’t know anything about cars.

Now that we have established that cars seriously undermine our privacy (look at the flurry of posts in this community in the last few hours), what can we do about it?

From a networking POV, if you remove the ability to connect to the Internet, it doesn’t matter what the car is recording as long as you can ensure there is no physical tampering. Depending on who you are, this is a good idea, and doable for the most part (very few people have the technical knowledge to pull out the right chip from a car).

So, how do we achieve this? I implore the community to invite mechanical/car engineers who can help us on this matter, and to form methods to prevent vehicles from accessing the Internet without express consent from the user.

Thanks!

  • @over_clox
    32•1 year ago

    Then block the signal with a Faraday Cage.

    I see I’m getting downvoted for my comments about this, but the vehicle will not fail due to a lack of internet connection. Otherwise your vehicle would brick itself anytime you drive through a tunnel.

    Go ahead, look it up. It’s about as simple as wrapping the cellular device with metal screen.

    • Hydroel
      -1•1 year ago

      Yeah I like driving my car wrapped in tinfoil

      • @over_clox
        3•1 year ago

        I never suggested any such thing. I mean only to wrap the cellular module in metal screen, not the entire vehicle.