05-18-2023, 10:01 PM | #1 |
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I’m a big privacy freak and was wondering if there’s a way to make my connected car “un-connected”. I don’t really care if the connected features become unavailable as a result. Has anyone else figured out a way to pull the related fuse or any other way to disable the eSIM module from the car? |
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I’d rather physically render the system incapable of communicating. Even when “connected services” is disabled from the app, the car STILL sends over telemetry data including usage and location etc. |
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I get where you're coming from as far as the privacy stuff. At this point though, it's almost a lost cause. I avoid the obvious stuff (like Facebook), but I've never worried too much about the car stuff. Your phone is probably tracking similar stuff the car is (location, etc.) |
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I haven’t gotten my car yet but I’ll try to find a way to disable connection to the internet altogether. Like pulling an antenna somewhere or something like that. So it just doesn’t have the signal. |
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That would disable FM radios and in-car GPS too. Also, I’m not sure cellular antenna is in the shark-fin. I’ll have to figure this out when I get my car in a couple of weeks. Thankfully it’s only ID7; ID8 would’ve been a privacy and security nightmare; one more step closer to “you own nothing”.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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I can respect that. I’d have a tough time in my current job without one, but sometimes I feel like it’s more of a distraction than what it’s worth, so I can see where you’re coming from
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