• Carrot@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    If you own your car (not paying off a loan or a lease) you can remove the sim card/ internet module from your car. It may cause some features to stop working (nothing that impares the vehicle) but it stops the car from actually sending the data it’s collecting

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        Just avoid dealerships and instead use independent mechanics that are hip to your scheme. I bet some mechanics could even use it as a selling point; no hooking up telemetry or even offering services to remove or disable the monitoring systems. I’d use that mechanic for everything.

        • quick_snail@feddit.nl
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          And what software and hardware do you think the independent mechanic uses to pull data from your car’s computer?