BigDaddySlim

Today's cars are rolling smartphones with constant Internet connections. You can't access the OS and you can't see what data is being transmitted. It's a privacy nightmare.

Last summer I bought a 2021 Toyota RAV4 hybrid, I spent ages doing research before choosing to buy that vehicle. Does this one have that same tracking technology? Of course, however, in my research I found a way to disable it.

What can be done with this particular car, and possibly many other Toyotas, if you remove the fuse providing power for the Data Communication Module (DCM) it will kill the transmission of this data. Keep in mind this isn't an immediate solution, there is an 18650 battery in the module that will stay alive for a few days. Once that's drained you've successfully stopped having Toyota spy on you remotely. Obviously they can still access this data if you go to the dealer and they plug into your car, but factory resetting your car should negate this (not confirmed, just a theory). Alternatively, just find a local shop you trust to do your basic maintenance if you can't do it yourself.

Other makes and models might be able to have the same trick pulled on them, but in my reading doing this in some cars might actually trip the car into limp mode because of some bullshit failsafe built into the car. I believe some Mazdas have this issue.

Downsides to doing this do include losing any remote start function you might have available with the remote app, as well as remote tracking of the vehicle (obviously).

Feel free to look into this type of remedy for any modern rolling cellphones you might be considering buying or already owning, check owner forums or even ask within them if any owners have tried this type of solution for a car you might want to buy.

Also, the DCM in my particular car can be removed without causing issues, I just haven't had the time to tear the dash apart to remove it, as it sits in the dash below the infotainment screen.

At first I thought you were describing the Shit Mobile from Trailer Park Boys (Ricky's '75 New Yorker) but then it just got better and better.

I woke up at 7:38 this morning and immediately panicked and jumped out of bed because I was late for work. I clock in at 7:30

It's Sunday and I don't work Sundays. My body tricked me. I feel betrayed. Went back to sleep and woke up at 11

To add to that, most of the time there are easy work arounds like just using the apps browser version instead of an app. The only thing I've had a couple times was my keyboards just wouldn't pop up. No matter what I did the keyboards were dead for about 3 minutes each time it happened, they started to work again but it's just a quirk of a privacy focused OS

$2 million? Oh no they can't afford to pay 3 of their YouTubers to shill Honey this month oh dear oh my what a shame

I don't know what I've beaten more times, New Vegas or my meat. Either way that game stays installed on my PC, Steam Deck, Xboxes, everything. I ain't no fink, dig?

Honestly it's just amazing Obsidian was able to make that game's story and assets in 18 months with Bethesda looming over their necks.

I hate this fucking timeline so goddamn much

You couldn't pay me to ride a bike in ABQ, most of it is stroads and the rest are roads that people treat like stroads. Everyone speeds, half the drivers are on something or drunk and everyone constantly has their phone in their face while driving. It's a car centric hell scape and no amount of painted gutters or protected lanes will solve this. Drivers see cyclists as extra points in ABQ.

Interesting, I haven't had any issues with things loading with mine, maybe it's your adlists causing issues? Try disabling some, there might be false positives in there giving you issues

10400F running my NAS/Plex server and raspberry pi 5 running PiHole

This is truly what you were eating in this soup as a kid, WAS IT WORTH IT???

I'll add to the trauma dump I suppose

Got married in August 2018, the beginning of the next month my dad died of cancer. Obviously I was mourning him and was in a shitty place, my then wife took that as me not being active enough in our relationship and decided to start cheating on me with multiple guys. Once I found out and called her out on it, and also subsequently kicked her out all of a sudden I was the bad guy. I can't even imagine the mental gymnastics she was hopping through to think that was justified.

Anyway I've moved across the country since then and have met who I believe is my soulmate, and things are amazing with her. Just had to go through sewers to find my green pasture I suppose