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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Is there anything a mildly competent electronics enthusiast could do to disable any outbound data?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok so, replacing the head unit might work?

[–] [email protected] 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.

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