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Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little to no control of the data they hand over (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I unplugged the cellular modem in mine. But it was made last decade, so they probably make those harder to find now.

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As far as I'm aware, newer cars have them embedded in the head unit.

[–] pyr0ball@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok so, replacing the head unit might work?

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Hard to say if it's the same for most of the major auto makers, but from what I had been told by the head unit team, mostly everything for connected services was run through the head unit.