Which car to purchase to escape surveillance? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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!

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[-] Gleddified@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Easiest by far is just an older car with no wireless capabilities whatsoever.

I hear tell its possible to find the wireless antennas and physically remove them from certain models. If you're buying brand new, try to find a dealer that let's you not have any wireless capabilities. No idea if that's still possible these days...

[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Very old cars don't have great fuel efficiency which would be my reason to not go for them, although that depends on how much I will drive going forward (life is in a bit of flux). The problem is that I know nothing about cars and repairing them

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