Nearly all modern car uploads location, speed, information on every device you have connected to your car, your contacts, in-car conversations with built-in microphones and video recordings with built-in camera 24/7.
- It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy by Mozilla
- Slate is not available yet
Needs suggestions for modern vehicles that doesn’t come with ads or telemetry built in.
Alternatively what cars wouldn’t freak out if you were to disable the cell module/antenna in it? It’s my understanding that most use it for the app on your phone and things like traffic but that it’s not required. I think some Teslas will freak out but most other brands just fall back to disabling those remote features.
It’s still possible they can record information internally, but there most likely is a storage limit, and without a means to connect, it won’t go anywhere.
I have a Nissan Leaf, and its old enough that it has 3G internet connectivity. It cannot connect anymore. It gives me a screen on the radio that says “features may be limited” when I start it up, but other than that it is fine.
Alternatively, go find a Mitsubishi Mirage made before 2020.