Toyota, Progressive Insurance, and a data analytics firm are now being accused of collecting detailed personal driving information without proper consent

  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    my rates do seem high. I had a wreck a few years back but it was a dented door and fixed just fine. I work from home so I dont drive all that much, and the car is cheap. But it does have telemetry. I wonder if I should just bridge a resistor across the onstar antenna terminals

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      18 hours ago

      Casually reading, you could put a 50ohm or larger resistor there.

      You will have a better result removing/disabling the module completely. There are several searchable tutorials based on the vehicle module.

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        10 hours ago

        Yes but if it ever goes into the shop a software update can teach it to misbehave when things are disconnected. An artificially weak signal, on the other hand, would fall under a practical failure mode they would have accommodated for in firmware.

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          9 hours ago

          Ah, I don’t think about dealerships unless I’m looking for used cars. I repair everything I own the best I can and move on when I can’t. It’s stressful, but I prefer it to a payment.