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Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027 (www.yahoo.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I can't. I just can't.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 50 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Cars have been privacy nightmares for quite a while. People simply do not care.

[–] Tywele@piefed.social 41 points 2 weeks ago

Many don’t even know to start caring.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I care. But they make it really hard to remove or disable that shit.

[–] BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Toyota did it lazily in my '21 Rav4, just pull the fuse for the modem and it doesn't care. Just don't let a dealer plug into the system in case that data can still be downloaded physically

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

good luck having it serviced without a computer

[–] FUsername@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I think, you better can buy cars without will that fancy shit and add features by aftermarket devices than doing it any using all that closed eco system crap from the manufacturer.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A $15 amazon bluetooth to radio device (that has a usb c fast charging port in it) has been all I need to move from old car to old car and have what I want in a car. Honestly most of what is in those systems is not worth the hassle of dealing with the touch screen.

[–] FUsername@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Especially touch screens suck so hard when driving...

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

One of the strangest tricks we have been convinced is not shit.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I refuse to tie my (new to me) car to the internet or my phone, so I use the aux jack, CD player, and have a garmin perched on the dash, despite the fucking car having 5 screens.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

People don't really have a choice.

When you've got an eight lane highway between you and your destination, there's not a lot of alternatives to get where you want to go.