Not only Honda. All new cars to this and sell you data to insurance companies. All new KIA and Hyundais have no option to turn off telemetry. I asked the dealer, they said it can't be done. Don't like it?
Quote from there:
>Also, the occupants of the car have no control over the remote activation of the microphone, making a car susceptible to eavesdropping.
E.g. if the system would actually only activate and transmit when let's say the airbag inflated that'd seem like a good thing in general.
Would there still be ways to exploit it, maybe but it's not the same as what was described in the article
With that said, I'm pretty sure this thing is not allowed in EU or at the very least will be too expensive to operate in Europe.
I'd expect cars to still work in remote areas or underground parking garages where there isn't any cell service, and this would simulate that.
No you can't, not without voiding your warranty.
IANAL, but I'm pretty sure the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty... says you can only void a warranty if the modification caused the problem. So no.