The "S" in "automobile" stands for "security"

Edit: also feeling vindicated for driving across three states to buy a 10-year old Toyota with over 100k miles on it specifically because I know the bastard will run forever and pre-dates the overwhelming majority of telemetry data collection bullshit.

they are, on the other hand, incredibly consistent at killing humans and animals

This article is years old now, but I have got great mileage out of sending it people who say “I’d never buy a Chinese car - the Chinese government will spy on you” like if China wants to spy on me, fine! Every other fucker does, join the party. At least the Chinese won’t sell my data like Mercedes will.

Imagine being an Uber driver and telling every customer that they must consent to possibly have data about their sex life and genetics collected before they can get in

40 years old and never had a car. Never even got a driver's license.

aww man, does this mean I'm going to have to stop smooching my car?

Aww shucks aww geez aww heck

In my car I was able to easily remove the:

1. LoJack device from the dealer
2. LTE antenna it uses to phone home

With no issues. If you do the same be sure to replace the antenna with a ~~resistor~~ dummy load so you don't have stray voltages floating around your electrical system.

It's Official: Cars are Terrible

This is a great site, never seen it before. thanks for sharing