Technology@lemmy.world•Your car is a smartphone on wheels: A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies.byKjell@lemmy.worldEnglish4 daysIt is of course different for different brands, models and model year but my car seems to have a fuse for the Internet connection. Control module for online car; Control module for Volvo On Call I’m getting tempted to pull it and see what happens more than the fault code. 1
Technology@lemmy.world•Your car is a smartphone on wheels: A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies.byKjell@lemmy.worldEnglish4 daysMaybe start with removing the fuse for the modem to make sure nothing essential breaks? 2
It is of course different for different brands, models and model year but my car seems to have a fuse for the Internet connection.
I’m getting tempted to pull it and see what happens more than the fault code.