[b112]

This is true, but so far there are ways to disable much of this.

For example on a Ford, you can literally pull the fuse for the GSM modem. On a GM, you can pull the antenna from OnStar, and put a resister there in replacement... thus rendering it unable to communicate to home base.

This doesn't solve everything, but it at least stops the immediate phone home.

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You can also buy cars that don’t need an immediate debugging

[b112]

It seems such brands are vanishingly small.

Buying used/old doesn't work here, at least not for long. Lots of salt on the roads, cars older than 8 to 10 years are rust covered, and it doesn't help components either.

Not to mention, if everyone bought used, there'd be no used cars to buy.