Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid

Be careful as there has been precedence of insurance companies using the fact cameras were removed/disabled to deny or reduce claims.

Why not just remove the antenna or SIM card from the modem?

There's a fortune to be made for whomever produces a car that has minimal features, and and electric-drivetrain with onboard gasoline generator. No screens, knobs and buttons, no assists. Extra fortune if you can licence designs and revive some of the old-and-loved classics with new safety features.

Who’s responsible for presenting the privacy policy to passengers of a car, anyway?

Couldn't you just ground or resistor out the car's cellular antenna so it can't transmit data?

Live free or die

I love those type of posts. But there is probably gonna be an interesting discussion when he will get the car serviced at Toyota.

Maybe a simpler way is to to slap a Faraday cage on all antennas.

props for still using Skitch to annotate images in 2026

I did it for my 2025 4runner. https://6thgen4runner.com/threads/disable-telematics-with-au...

DCM Bypass kit. https://www.autoharnesshouse.com/store/AHH-DCM77

Maybe two metal pins through the GPS and the cellular antenna coaxial cables would do the trick?

Any guesses at how large the addressable market is for a dumb car (or appliance)?

I would be the target customer, but I keep making convenience concessions and buying the nice car / appliance with smart stuff.

I appreciate this guide from a technical perspective, but despite a lot of the stated preferences, I’m not seeing a huge market for it.

Convenience is paramount.

This is why I want a Chinese car. At least they won't do anything with my data.

Open-source car, please.

cool, well done. Now we just need it for the other gazillion "smart-cars" out there

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If you live in the EU and bought the car there, the GDPR still applies, even if data is sent to Toyota in Japan.

You have the full right to view and ask for deletion.

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Great guide! After getting to the end, I had no idea what AirPlay was so I looked it up... bro, all this effort to avoid telemetry and you are using an iPhone XD

If you are wary of all the smart features in your next car purchase, consider buying a bicycle. We do not have to entertain the creeping invasion of our privacy