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Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 days ago

Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid

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Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid

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Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 days ago

Modern cars are computers on wheels that send home nonstop telemetry about you. In this post I remove my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid's modem and GPS to prevent that :)

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will be contingent on their disabling this for me before purchase.

Not a single new car dealer will ever do this, they will cite “safety reasons” and refuse to do it.
- ɔiƚoxɘup@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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  That’s cool. I can be stubborn too. 😁

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