On the one hand, the only way for the car to function as an extension of the driver's phone is to connect to and intercept transmissions to and from the phone.

On the other hand, this is freaking terrifying.

Given that I will likely one day have to replace my 2006 vehicle with its factory-installed cassette deck and CD player and no bluetooth, I wonder if simply finding and wrapping the car's wifi antenna in tinfoil would be enough to block it phoning home? It goes without saying that my phone will not be connected to it.

i cant wait for the future.

they'll remotely turn off your car because you haven't consumed your daily dosage of government ordered propaganda this morning or because you didn't pay your 10 dollar seatbelt ticket.

when you go to buy a car, you will have to upgrade to the XS luxury package in order to not be forced to watch a 30 sec ad before turning on the car

while you are driving, you will served targeted ads on billboards but if you look at the ad, the insurance company's tracking device's integrated eye tracker sensor will increase your monthly payment for not paying attention to the road.

Considering the increase in sensors and rulings like this, paired with an increasingly car-dependent culture, what can an individual do about the privacy issues in cars?

Like, there's no way to keep this from being captured, is there? Or are on-board options to disable functions enough?