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[-] notannpc@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

I wonder how long until we get to jailbreak our cars just so those cock suckers can’t spy on us.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Technically you already can. I just hope you have extensive programming knowledge because you're going to have to take an axe to the existing code.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

May be able to find and remove whatever it's using as a cellphone antenna.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Sorry your car just stopped working for "safety" reasons.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

If that were the case, there would be traffic jams in tunnels across the country due to disabled cars.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Nah, it just detects the presence of the hardware.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

But not the faraday cage around the telematics unit.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah I'm not saying it's impossible. Just not easy.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You'd have to remove the dash on some car models. That is well beyond easy.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

For you, perhaps.

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