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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by EricE on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @11:50AM (#37406869)
lol - if they were only that altruistic. Toyota doesn't make the tech, they buy modules from suppliers and integrate the tech. Better hope someone doesn't come out with a fancy super module that has everything integrated because there will be no disabling it as soon as that happens :/

Don't forget Toyota was the manufacturer that was going to charge a monthly subscription just for the key fob (!) to work until they got a massive backlash over it. A freaking key fob that doesn't use cellular or the cloud at all - it's 100% local between the fob and the car. And don't think for one minute that they won't try to sneak it back in.

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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by RealityVoid on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @01:41PM (#37408392)
> Better hope someone doesn't come out with a fancy super module that has everything integrated because there will be no disabling it as soon as that happens :/

Well, hello there, zone ECU!

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Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare by philsnow on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @03:29PM (#37409995)
> Better hope someone doesn't come out with a fancy super module that has everything integrated because there will be no disabling it as soon as that happens

I was just thinking about how to find and disable all the microphones in a car and realized that, with software, any speaker can be used as a microphone, so the logical conclusion is that you'd have to disable all the speakers as well.

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