Just came across a post on Reddit asking about cars, thought I’d ask here too.
The article the reddit post cited was: https://www.thankyourobot.com/2023/07/on-road-to-privacy-invasion-unmasking.html
In short, if I’m in the market to purchase a new car, which one should I go for to improve privacy? And if we assume that such a thing is not possible anymore, what can we do for our (newer) cars to be more private? I was considering things like removing the radio antenna (if I can, that depends on the model of the car).
I’m also interested in knowing just how would car companies mine information from a car if I haven’t connected my mobile to it? Do cars have SIMs inside them that have free 4G/5G access and can send information that way? How would I check if my car is doing something like this?
Thanks!
I could limit tracking with Custom ROMs and Faraday bags for my portable devices. What can I do about a car?
Very fair, I didn’t mean to invalidate what your trying to do. You could definitely remove the antenna and depending on the car maybe it will alleviate some tracking, that would probably depend on the car. Many modern cars don’t even have antennas and you may need yo go closer to the head unit and may even need to replace it.