I am sure this article has been shared before, however I wanted to have a look at this topic.
The articles short summary is this:
All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label โ making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed
I am currently driving a 2014 Ford Fiesta which just has a radio with a CD player and Bluetooth. I do not need more than that in a car.
The reason I am looking at all is that that the Fiesta does not belong to me and the friend owning it will be moving out in a bit, so I kinda need another one.
There seems to be one brand that is not as bad as the other ones (but still bad): Renault; mozilla's review...
Maybe I will have a look at their cars.
What do you guys think? Stick to older used cars and not use an EV or look at which of the manufacturers have the least bad privacy policy?
In most cars, there is an integrated antenna for all wireless signals. For example:
These are often mounted behind non-metallic surfaces (plastic bumper, spoiler, etc). You can try to cover them up, but it means you'll lose all the other antenna functions.
Disconnecting at the other end can only take out cellular without affecting wifi, Bluetooth, etc.
Mind you, it's not easy. There's a wiring harness with a waterproof connector that eventually goes into the cell modem. You'll have to find the right antenna pin and disrupt the signal. Different for every make/model and not possible without proper schematics.