Pulse of Truth

2405 readers

71 users here now

Cyber Security news and links to cyber security stories that could make you go hmmm. The content is exactly as it is consumed through RSS feeds and wont be edited (except for the occasional encoding errors).

This community is automagically fed by an instance of Dittybopper.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

krogoth@infosec.pub

Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid (arkadiyt.com)

submitted 1 week ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Modern cars are computers on wheels - they have more sensors than you can count and are constantly phoning home with telemetry data like your location, speed, fuel levels, sudden accelerations/decelerations, video footage, driver attention data from eye monitoring systems, and hundreds of other data points. Cars have inward- and outward-facing cameras. They have microphones. They have always-on modems. It’s all enabled by default with difficult or meaningless opt-outs, and your data is monetized through brokers like LexisNexis or Verisk.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Remember, if your goal is to avoid surveillance then you shouldn't use android auto or apple CarPlay either.

https://gizmodo.com/doj-is-asking-apple-and-google-to-hand-over-data-on-100000-users-of-a-car-app-2000758890

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This has nothing to do with CarPlay or Android Auto. This is about an OBD port and Bluetooth app to connect to the car computer.

Privacy experts suggest not using a cellular phone at all.

[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

I do wish we could have modern mobile OSs and hardware and cellular connectivity without submitting ourselves to constant and ever deepening surveillance.