LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars, including when they sped, braked too hard or accelerated rapidly.
I wonder if there’s a way to disable that kind of reporting. Obviously, that’s not an acceptable answer to the issue. Sharing of information like that needs to be opt-in with full disclosure and not buried within pages of legalese.
But as a moderately tech savvy person, maybe there’s a way to disable it’s network connectivity so it can’t phone home anymore.
For now, i assume “all” you have to to is find the car’s antennas and disable them.
Once “no signal” == “car won’t start”, you’ll have to spoof the antenna signal.
I’ll keep my '98 car for as long as i can thanks very much.
In my Subaru it’s a seperate box under the radio. It intercepts the front speakers and microphone from the radio, so with a custom harness I can bypass it. Obviously that varies by make, model, and trim.
I wonder if there’s a way to disable that kind of reporting. Obviously, that’s not an acceptable answer to the issue. Sharing of information like that needs to be opt-in with full disclosure and not buried within pages of legalese.
But as a moderately tech savvy person, maybe there’s a way to disable it’s network connectivity so it can’t phone home anymore.
Rip out the antenna.
For now, i assume “all” you have to to is find the car’s antennas and disable them. Once “no signal” == “car won’t start”, you’ll have to spoof the antenna signal. I’ll keep my '98 car for as long as i can thanks very much.
In my Subaru it’s a seperate box under the radio. It intercepts the front speakers and microphone from the radio, so with a custom harness I can bypass it. Obviously that varies by make, model, and trim.
Unless its fiber optic you could probably just cut and splice.
The mic needs active power. If you ignore the mic a simple pig tail adapter works without cutting up your cars cabling.
on my car, there’s a fuse you can pull out, which theoretically cuts power to OnStar. check your car manual/forums about your model
There is with my vehicle. In fact, such tracking was opt-in if you enabled the driving score feature.
I’d imagine this is mostly a case of someone not reading their ToS before enabling the car’s smart features.