The Car That Watches You Back: The Advertising Infrastructure of Modern Cars
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1) physically removed the modem (the "DCM") and
2) disconnected the GPS antenna from the head unit
Took a little research but was still an approachable project
Also even with no modem, if you use CarPlay on your phone _via Bluetooth_ then the car will just use your phone's internet connection, so I only use CarPlay via a wired USB connection.
Aside from that the car works great, everything is 100% functional. I suppose I don't get OTA updates, which I'm fine with.
Wouldn't that also share your phones internet connection with the car?
Sure, there's an elevated risk of death, but you've got to balance that against the fact bike go vroom vroom.
I do want one, and I'm not going to get one! I have self control. Don't look at my Ebay notifications.
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The way they are set up together makes driving much more pleasant (heck its BMW so perfect balance and great handling at curves) and much less tiring for long haul (do from time to time 1500km 16h single day push). Was worried about automatic transmission but in their implementation its a joy and a beast in Sports mode, again less mental burden.
I really, really don't want anything more in the car, until we have 100% FSD where I can sleep or watch movies. There is no space between those, not for me.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/QqQmHy6aqlLe/
I'm not sure how realistic this is, but conversations like this always remind me of this procedure.
Edit: maybe should have responded to the OP directly.
The infotainment center also has no built-in maps as it relies on Android Auto/Apple CarPlay for everything except climate control and the AM/FM radio.
I barely looked it up so I'm no expert, but that's what I'm interpreting from their site.
For the first, my argument is they simply cannot, even if they wanted to, in the same way I can't track my friend if I supply him with a toothpick. There simply isn't sufficient technology in a toothpick by itself for me to violate their privacy, so I would need other methods, like agreements with businesses or a backdoor to his phone.
Regarding web usage, their privacy policy says
> To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
> If you do not wish to have your email address or phone number used by Slate to promote our own or third parties' products or services, you can opt out by changing your communication preferences in your Slate account.
I have read a lot of privacy policies, and this verbiage suggests that they don't sell your data (even in aggregated form), but they do sell access to a customer base. This is similar to youtubers getting sponsored - only assumptions of the customers can be made based on the youtubers content, and no YouTube telemetry itself, since that it owned and processed by YouTube, not the youtuber. Otherwise the policy would have mention of selling data. This is further confirmed by the language that you are opting out of emails to not receive third party stuff, not opting out of selling of data. Since data being sold is required to have an opt out method (in most US states), it is further safe to infer no data is sold. Just access to the reader base.
I hope this answers your questions on whether they are worthwhile to use. Personally, I think this is honorable and I'd be confident to say that these cars don't have the problem being discussed in this forum.
also, wasn't static causing fires at gas station pumps, esp. in cold weather?
However, the US already put fencing around fighting vehicles, specifically the Bradley, where the fence was essentially "chain link fencing".
I'm not entirely sure i buy that the cope cage stops drones; but the chain link fence absolutely stops RPGs from exploding by severing the wire that runs on the outside from the tip to the explosive.
AFAICT the concept was improved since then but I haven't been following the tech tree of cobbled-together defensive measures used in that war in a good while.
* not weak, it saved my friend's life, awesome.
https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-...
The "least creepy" were Renault and Dacia and the "most creepy" were Nissan and Buick.
Apparently there's tools like Privacy4Cars that could help you delete your car. Based on their website, it seems their primary customer is enterprise
This “we reserve the right to do everything” bullshit has got to go.
In case of Nissan they’ve claimed they don’t really want to sell information on customer sexuality to advertisers.
If that’s really the case they should stop claiming that unnecessary right.
It makes them look pretty sinister as it stands.
The answer really depends on how much you don't want to be tracked, is it a big concern worth a lot of effort and compromise, or do you just kinda wish it wasn't happening?
If the former, there are plenty of vehicles to choose from the relatively recent past. I haven't looked into it but I imagine a lot of cars could have their phoning home disabled too, and it'd be surprising if all of these cars will be paying for an internet connection/SIM for decades to come so eventually the modern ones will fall off the net anyway.
That seems worse in terms of tracking. Those are the leading tools for tracking people.
If you don't want your phone to track you, just don't bring it, but most people will have their own phone on them when they travel anyway. It's unfair to blame Slate for the invasiveness of whatever phone you choose to have.
Unlike the Americans, we have the GDPR. No UK/EU car is tracking you or gathering personal data from you without opt-in consent, which you can choose not to give.
(And before somebody starts ranting, the eCall 112 system doesn't track you willy nilly)
Tried to look at the actual ad-tech and architecture driving this rather than just doing another "touchscreens are bad" rant.
This obviously needs fixing !
The only way to do it is to force you to click "Refuse" or "Agree" each and every time you start the car and to not let you drive until you click an option.
This will be a massive win for consumers.
I mean I guess it's still true, but the inverse sure isn't.
Yes, capturing more shareholder value is a virtue.
And you better believe I will ride around on a fucking HORSE before I put up with ads on my dashboard. Screw that noise.
This felt like human writing to me. I could be wrong, of course.
bollocks. all available research suggests the average person strongly prefers manual controls and buttons and is not into touchscreens and the like.
and none of those discussions precludes auto manufacturers from just putting mics in the car -- even with 95% old school buttons they could just wire it up to listen to you and pipe it out to a tiny LTE transmitter.
P.S.: I can't even imagine how much of a distraction ads in public spaces must be. I am blind. While that is clearly a disability, whenever I read things like what you just posted, I am reminded how blessed I am. Maybe there will be a time when 100% blindness is actually an advantage?
There is another issue with newer cars too, They have extremely loose piston rings, after X thousand miles they burn as much oil as a 2 stroke.
Maybe it’s not a huge market but I bet there is some market still for a quality experience.
You just look for older car models that don’t snoop.
Cars made before about 2017 for example.
In my opinion, a regulation that would require such surveillance tech to be disclosed, not unlike tobacco warning labels, would go a long way.
The lack of a cup holder is the only thing I would change about my '98 Toyota MR2
On the topic however I do wish there was a fully disconnected modern car. Maybe a Corolla with base trim has no starlink?
(You may be able to do this with other Ford models)