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[–] 1 point 2 days ago

How do we stop this?

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  • [–] 39 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

    Not my 20-year-old car.

    Without regulation, this will continue, and get worse. Remember to vote in every election you can, both local, and national.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Democrats aren't campaigning on this stuff so I'm not sure how voting is going to help this particular issue. They don't seem to care about it much.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Like this: Vote GOP and they won't so much as listen to their constituency. Vote Dem and there's some possibility that calls, letters, etc will get them to do something that favors their constituency. Voting is the first step. Making yourself heard, and being an ongoing nuisance about it is the second step. And you better believe that the conservative constituents are doing both steps. Democracy IS a Verb, in fact it's a Gerund, it's an ongoing process.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    What does voting have to do with anything?

    If you were paying attention about automobile privacy, you would known that democrats signed legislation into law in 2024 that requires all cars sold in the US to have driver monitoring software.

    https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/nhtsa-finalizes-key-safety-rule-reduce-crashes-and-save-lives

    https://www.gadgetreview.com/federal-surveillance-tech-becomes-mandatory-in-new-cars-by-2027

    Partisan politics mean squat in the privacy sphere.

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    [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

    I really hope the Slate truck is everything they say it will be. Its lack of spyware is a pretty compelling reason to buy one.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I looked it up now, slate truck. Seems like a good idea. I never cared for infotainment at all.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Same here. I wish Canada had a company making something similar since I’d rather not support the US economy. Choose your poison, I guess.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Big Tech companies think they have solved advertising with infinite data. According to them, privacy can go fuck itself.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    The irony is, you can try and advertise but I stopped paying attention a long time ago. Besides, I'm too busy spending all my money on living, fuel, and food. Good Luck Have Fun. And my cars are all over 20 years old. GG

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  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    "Sharing" implies something much less predatory than the actual relationship.

    Let me go bring a gun to a bank and see if they'd like to share any of their money with me.

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    [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    My car is doing no such thing, but it's a manual that's old enough to vote.

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    [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I have a 2010 Mazda Pickup. It doesn't even share with me.

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    Countries are selling out their citizens to car companies in the name of "traffic safety"

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    This stuff is why I'm apprehensive of buying anything remotely new.

    The problem is, I also don't want to burn prehistoric forests to travel.

    So this sits in opposition to the fact that I want to travel around using the light from the sun as my primary energy source.

    For those that can't read between the lines, I want an EV, that I can charge by solar.

    I am also aware of the slate truck. I have thoughts on it, but it's worthy of consideration.

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    [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

    Had anyone published a guide on how to strip these sensors yet?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

    Yes there's a YouTube video for various disable techniques via fuses or jumper wire kits. Such as this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e09Kjj2awG0

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Thanks, but that guy doesn't sound like he knows what he was talking about.

    He literally admitted that he had to get "information" from grok, and he never fact checked it.

    There was no attempt to find or disable cameras, microphones, seat pressure sensors, etc. Those cars he "disabled" are probably still collecting all of the data and storing it locally. Just waiting for a dealer to plug it in to upload everything.

    We really need just one person with car hacking skills to document how to disable the sensors (and then do a forensic analysis to confirm the data is no longer being collected). Then we'll all have at least one privacy car.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    Hoopty-ass shitmobile drivers unite!

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    well yes, it's why I have a Chinese car, they don't share my data with my government who are the ones that may want to hurt me.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    What the fuck isn’t? Doesn’t even need to be connected to your WiFi. Devices can have cellular modems built into them now.

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    [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    b..b...bbut...but CHINESE CARS ARE EVIL and untrustable unlike cars from good countries which would never betray us! Ban Chinese cars!!!!!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    No. MY car ain't sending shit. MY car is a 2004 Nissan which was built before all that BS started getting included in every facet of our lives.

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