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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Technically you already can. I just hope you have extensive programming knowledge because you're going to have to take an axe to the existing code.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

May be able to find and remove whatever it's using as a cellphone antenna.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry your car just stopped working for "safety" reasons.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If that were the case, there would be traffic jams in tunnels across the country due to disabled cars.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah, it just detects the presence of the hardware.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But not the faraday cage around the telematics unit.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm not saying it's impossible. Just not easy.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You'd have to remove the dash on some car models. That is well beyond easy.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

For you, perhaps.