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Re:GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-car adve... by weinzierl on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:46PM (#18277744)
You won't get a non-connected bicycle even.

I'm exaggerating of course, but think about how hard it is to get a decent dumb phone nowadays. Yes there are options, but nothing like in the Nokia 3210 days.

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Re:GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-car adve... by alex_stoddard on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:54PM (#18277822)
What are the decent options as of today and from what supplier/retailer? I've been struggling to find exact that - a decent dumb cellular phone.
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Re:GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-car adve... by cdubzzz on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:56PM (#18277846)
Tangentially, I wonder if anyone here knows of communities that have cropped up around car hacking. If my next car will basically be a big computer on wheels, I'll be just as interested in the hackability of it as any other electronics I purchase.
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Re:GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-car adve... by lozaning on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:12PM (#18278571)
Car hacking village at DefCon grows every year. Go check it out next year. I'm using some of what I learned and bought from last time to enable my car's steering wheel buttons to control volume and seek on my phone via bluetooth.

Also check out these guys: https://comma.ai/ if you buy the right car the entire thing is drive by wire and entirely computer controllable.

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Re:GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-car adve... by tomatotomato37 on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:27PM (#18278171)
Try searching for the groups that reverse-engineer ECU's in order to override them with sportier tunes
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Re:GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-car adve... by voltagex_ on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:34PM (#18280544)
The last time I found anything half decent, they'd built it into an app that used IAPs and a "credit" system (just like the decent carrier unlocking for phones).
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