Cars are getting an 'F' in data privacy. Most major manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information, a new study finds, with half also saying they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order.
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.
Can’t really go into depth, but I worked for a major automaker, privacy is a joke for newer cars even if you don’t pay for the Internet plans.
Is there anything a mildly competent electronics enthusiast could do to disable any outbound data?
Unfortunately not for the company I worked for, all I will say is it was one of the top 5 automakers in the world.
I assume the others were also doing similar things in their cars.
I unplugged the cellular modem in mine. But it was made last decade, so they probably make those harder to find now.
As far as I’m aware, newer cars have them embedded in the head unit.
Ok so, replacing the head unit might work?
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.