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

Only drive cars made before Onstar and similar systems were added in the early 90s.

You said it yourself. While I understand the thought behind "let's not make it easy for them", it's going to be easy for them no matter what you drive. Keeping a 40+ year old car on the road is going to be prohibitively expensive for most people. Also, OnStar systems from that far back will be based on radio infrastructure that doesn't even exist anymore. Even 3g towers are rare these days and that wasn't launched until the 2000s.