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Privacy on Cars. How to stop data collection and transmission?
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this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2024
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I recently bought a 2021 vehicle that has OnStar. I knew this would be a concern, but luckily there was a guide online to replace the antenna with a dummy antenna that isn't ever able to connect to the network to send data.
So that might be an option! It's still collecting but it's not sending anything back.
I bought a 2024 vehicle with OnStar, I wonder if the process is comparable... Could you share your source please?
-source via a private proxy to that other site
Why would you host this on imgur?
Here's the Guide I used! I had to wing a little bit for my vehicle but it was still really easy https://quigs.blog/how-to-disable-onstar-on-the-chevy-bolt-to-protect-your-privacy/
You can do that on a Chevvy bolt? Fantastic
Can't you just snip the OnStar wires?
Why the dummy antenna?
I think it throws an internal error if you pull the fuse or cut power to it? I'm not entirely sure. I did it so I could disable it and if I needed to re enable it for any reason it would be really easy.