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If you own your car (not paying off a loan or a lease) you can remove the sim card/ internet module from your car. It may cause some features to stop working (nothing that impares the vehicle) but it stops the car from actually sending the data it's collecting
Nope. They'll jump the air gap when the mechanic plugs it in
Just avoid dealerships and instead use independent mechanics that are hip to your scheme. I bet some mechanics could even use it as a selling point; no hooking up telemetry or even offering services to remove or disable the monitoring systems. I'd use that mechanic for everything.
And what software and hardware do you think the independent mechanic uses to pull data from your car's computer?