Modern cars’ smart features could be used to spy on you, drivers warned

12 comments

• antianarchist6

  Wow, the Guardian on par with the speeds of IE6.

• lambalicious29

  This warning is like 10 years late.

  If I ever going to get a car, it's going to be a used one from around 2005.

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞4

    My 2013 cars do not have any way to phone home.

  • LastYearsIrritant7

    Some cars you can just pull the fuse for the modem. You lose a lot of features, but that's the trade off.

    • lambalicious6

      It would depend on the features lost (I've heard rumours that some cars lock the trays or reclining the seats behind the modem access) and on whether such a modification would run afoul of the certification processes needed to keep the car on the street, legally speaking.

      For much less mental health hassle, I could simply search for an older car.

• RamRabbit18

  Cars should not connect to the internet. Or at minimum have an easy way to physically disable the internet (ex: a physical off switch for the modem).

  • IceFoxX4

    Ever heared about ( as example ) mesh networking?
    Tracking has been going on for a long time—it didn't just start with smart devices, etc. Even back then, TVs and the like were tracked across devices... It's enough (if necessary... but that's another topic entirely) if any link in the chain has an internet connection at some point.

• 9tr6gyp310

  Wait until you find out that other car's smart features could be used to spy on you. All those Tesla and Waymo cameras just ripe for the picking.

  A big surveillance hive swarm of vehicles.

• bridgeenjoyer3

  Theyve been spying for 15 years. They can control you too. Why do you think they wanted electric steering and to get rid of throttle cables and "safe" automatic braking? Control. They can lock your doors and drive you anywhere, they can slam on your brakes as a semi truck is behind you if they deem you a threat to dear Leader.

  The power they have now to get rid of undesireables , and sweep it all under the rug is a fascists dream.

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞1

    They can lock your doors and drive you anywhere,

    ...............k

  • IceFoxX3
    • bridgeenjoyer2

      Yeah youre right, I removed it.

      • IceFoxX2

        👍