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Comment by afavour

11 hours ago

For most people in the US a car is a daily necessity so it’s very difficult to avoid that telemetry gathering.

I have multiple cars and none of them are new enough to have that.

They'll have to track me the old-fashioned way, by my phone.

We aren't at the point where it's unavoidable though. Even if we assume that its impossible to dodge random onstar/sirius bloatware crap that probably tracks you, you can definitely still buy a car that doesn't have a 5g wireless modem, 360-degree webcam coverage, mandatory automatic software updates, and ass-warming seats locked behind DRM that forces you to have an online account linked to your credit card.