I am sure this article has been shared before, however I wanted to have a look at this topic.
The articles short summary is this:
All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed
I am currently driving a 2014 Ford Fiesta which just has a radio with a CD player and Bluetooth. I do not need more than that in a car.
The reason I am looking at all is that that the Fiesta does not belong to me and the friend owning it will be moving out in a bit, so I kinda need another one.
There seems to be one brand that is not as bad as the other ones (but still bad): Renault; mozilla’s review…
Maybe I will have a look at their cars.
What do you guys think? Stick to older used cars and not use an EV or look at which of the manufacturers have the least bad privacy policy?
I bought a used Chevy Bolt, then disconnected the antenna to put a dummy load on the OnStar transmitter. Never told it my Wi-Fi password. It can’t connect to the Internet unless I park it next to a cell tower, unless I pay for OnStar, which I refuse to do. I only use CarPlay so it can’t even hope to use my phone’s Bluetooth tethering (not that it seems capable).
Fortunately, Chevy’s only OTA infotainment update was to remove the video player, so I’m not missing much. Unplug the power cord and drive.
It’s full of sensors and cached locally. When you take it to the mechanic, they connect it to a computer with internet access, where all the data is uploaded. Sorry.
You have to neuter the sensors, not just the antenna