Comment by rr1
1 year ago
Telematics should be disabled, preferably by way of hard cutting the modem chip's V-in. Call me a tinfoil hat lover, but when 23andme gets bought by an insurance company, the similarities with potential insurability issues are numerous when data is available to the other without a big, shining red opt-in.
Conveniently, on most modern Toyota vehicles there is a fuse labeled `DCS` which disables power to the modem.
Luckily, GINA makes it illegal to use 23andme data for health insurance.
As this article shows, "illegal to use" doesn't always stop them from doing it.
Agreed, but acquisitions of public companies typically get regulatory attention up-front. An insurer buying 23andme would be an obvious red flag from day one.