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Car is a smartphone on wheels. Here's who's listening

208 points · 139 comments · longhaul

  1. codegeek · · focus · HN ↗
    I recently sold my Lincoln Navigator and bought a used 2005 Honda Odyssey (single owner before me, 115K miles and well taken care of). Good luck trying to spy on me. It doesnt even have bluetooth let alone all the other smarttech crap. Good old CD player and Radio.
    1. reaperducer · · focus · HN ↗
      Good luck trying to spy on me.

      Unless your Navigator doesn't have tires, they're still spying on you.

      The only way to mitigate that is to not use credit cards in the same place you drive. Especially malls, strip malls, and drive-through restaurants.

      1. codegeek · · focus · HN ↗
        It was a tongue in cheek comment. No one can win the surveillance battle with today's tech. I have given up on that a while ago but I do try to protect whatever I can.
        1. bookofjoe · · focus · HN ↗
          >No one can win the surveillance battle with today's tech.

          It's remarkable to me how many brilliant people here refuse to acknowledge this, believing that a zillion hacks and work-arounds can keep them off the surveillance grid. That ship sailed a long, long time ago.

      2. derwiki · · focus · HN ↗
        Cash is great for small purchases while out and about, and it feels good to not leave a digital purchase paper trail. Use cash before it gets outlawed!
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