Post #2733089

2026-05-13 13:57 UTC

I’m in IT and personally I’d genuinely like to see a “grey hat” examination of the internet traffic they send/receive before I’m ready to listen to a car reviewer giving reviews on how nice the seats are or charging is. The fact that I work in IT is also why my home is secured with security doors and deadbolts.

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@alpha1beta@piefed.social 2026-05-13 20:29

Even if they prove there’s nothing bad happening, I will never ever, trust them not to change that, very suddenly. They could love to have 100M American cars they can brick the moment a U.S. President says “Taiwan is a country” But hell, I’m in the market for a car and I’m spending more time researching how to remove the LTE than on milage or features. I’d rather drive a go-cart down I-95 in rush hour than have my car selling everywhere I go, or tracking how many times I hit “next track”

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@MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-13 15:09

It’s worth looking into how much data modern US cars are gathering as well, if you’re concerned with that. Frankly, it seems like you’re just deciding who gets your data at a certain point.

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@iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 2026-05-14 16:09

Yeah… As much as I’d love to ride an EV, i think i need to stick to an older gas car just to avoid all the tracking.

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