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Cars and their privacy and security concerns

I think car privacy isn’t talked about amongst any privacy enthusiasts online ever, and it apparently is one of the biggest data collectors out there. For someone like me who values electric cars for there affordability and environmental reasons, but still want physical car buttons and control over my data, how would I go about this?

  • melfie@lemy.lol
    101·
    8 hours ago

    So, the options I see here are:

    • Buying an older vehicle
    • Disconnecting the modem and dealing with the car potentially refusing to work after a period of time or potentially uploading locally saved data when taken for service
    • Spending a lot of time and money to convert an old ICE car to an EV and dealing with a janky EV that probably has a limited range under 100 miles

    None of these are great options.

      • Jhex@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 hours ago

        it’s hard to get a reliable 10 year old car with low milage… harder every year until it will be impossible sooner than later

        • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          56 minutes ago

          I just bought one today because of that. they’re just getting older the longer I wait, if I don’t need it right now, I might as well buy it so that it’s not getting rustier being driven by someone else

      • melfie@lemy.lol
        5·
        7 hours ago

        Nothing; I’m currently driving cars even older than that. It’s just that as time goes on, it’s going to be harder and harder to find.

      • remote_control_conor@lemmy.world
        5·
        7 hours ago

        That option becomes a more remote opportunity with each passing year as stock diminishes so trying to find a long-term solution now makes sense.