For some less click-bait-y information, check out any of the “Car Hacking Village” videos from the past 5 DefCons. They go into great detail about what new vehicles actually do.
For example there was an extended period of time where any asshole could make themselves into an admin and get, and change, information on ANY car sold by a particular manufacture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuS0rvqc8c
It will also void any warantee or service agreement you have with the dealer.
To be 100% un-trackable you need to put your phone in airplane mode or turn it off entirely.
You can track phones by their bluetooth mac even if you dont connect to anything.
Tough to say. I have access to more technology and resources than my entire family tree before me.
I can buy a bunch of Aliexpress electronics, print a body, write some code, and have a completely custom automated machine to do any task I can think of.
But I am also in more debt than my entire family tree just to live in a townhouse next to a high school and freight railway.
she proclaimed that improvements in software automation should be viewed as the “next industrial revolution.”
The thing that effectively enslaved every human in someone else’s money making machine and kickstarted the billionaire class. I wonder why kids don’t want that to happen again.
No, because I run GrapheneOS.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2025/07/this-little-known-reason-is-why-you-shouldnt-ignore-gm-over-the-air-updates/
First example I could find.
The computer network in your car touches everything, engine control, powertrain, body control, SRS, emtertainment system, stc. If the dealer thinks they can get away with denying a claim because you “damaged” the vehicle by removing the cellular antenna you know they will. And it’s not like you can just pop it back on before you bring it in, new cars are streaming data 24/7 into the manufacture’s network, and is visible to the dealer, whether you pay for car control the app or not.