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Then don't put the spying tech in the car in the first place maybe ?
Thank you, you made be go down the Google hole to see if my MX-5 ND had anything like this... and it doesn't! Since only >= 2018 homologations are required to have an eCall module builtin, the ND only works if you have a smartphone connected to it.
So the tip is: all European models released in and after 2018 are compromised (as in always connected to the GSM network).
Is there anything I can do besides refuse to buy a car that collects telemetry? Are there such cars still being manufactured?
Most sensible cars have modules that fail independently. I pulled the modem out of my 2018 k2 and it still works just fine.
With newer, esp electric vehicles, there is an absolutely clear trend of non-repairability; failure rather than resiliency. Don’t expect the ability to do this forever.
I guess the only option nowadays is to buy an old used car.
Soon some of us will be back to using typewriters.
I'm fixing up a 1981 Volvo 240. It would be wonderful if it could replace my EV one day.
> “… back to using typewriters”
Back to using vehicles with _fuses_.
Remember when EU citizens were saying as little as a month ago having always on distracted driver cameras in all cars is completely fine because the government would never have access.
Hard to tell if it's naivety or cope.