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jtbaylytoday at 12:51 PM2 repliesview on HN

Is there anything I can do besides refuse to buy a car that collects telemetry? Are there such cars still being manufactured?


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exabrialtoday at 1:10 PM

Most sensible cars have modules that fail independently. I pulled the modem out of my 2018 k2 and it still works just fine.

With newer, esp electric vehicles, there is an absolutely clear trend of non-repairability; failure rather than resiliency. Don’t expect the ability to do this forever.

ElFitztoday at 1:07 PM

I guess the only option nowadays is to buy an old used car.

Soon some of us will be back to using typewriters.

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