<story><title>How the most popular cars in the US track drivers</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/car-data-privacy-toyota-honda-ford/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bnjmn</author><text>Are there any &lt;i&gt;new&lt;/i&gt; cars &amp;#x2F; car brands that credibly promise not to track their drivers?&lt;p&gt;Any car with a network connection for software updates seems likely to be harvesting driver data, or is at least capable of doing so.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AlotOfReading</author><text>Essentially, no. Your best bets are the German manufacturers, some of whom (e.g. Porsche) have data opt outs for all services and exist within a legislative framework that&amp;#x27;s at least mildly protective of consumer privacy. Even then you should be wary about cars built for export to other markets like the US. It&amp;#x27;s common for the regional manufacturer to be a separate legal entity, with separate backend services, delivering cars with different configurations and software.&lt;p&gt;For American, Japanese, and Korean manufacturers? You should just assume they&amp;#x27;re harvesting all the data they can get on you. GM&amp;#x27;s recent decision to ditch Android auto and Carplay was motivated in large part by their desire to better control and monetize user data collection.</text></comment>
<story><title>How the most popular cars in the US track drivers</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/car-data-privacy-toyota-honda-ford/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bnjmn</author><text>Are there any &lt;i&gt;new&lt;/i&gt; cars &amp;#x2F; car brands that credibly promise not to track their drivers?&lt;p&gt;Any car with a network connection for software updates seems likely to be harvesting driver data, or is at least capable of doing so.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>OneLeggedCat</author><text>Your can pull a fuse (I think it&amp;#x27;s marked DCM?) in some Toyotas if you don&amp;#x27;t care about the entertainment&amp;#x2F;navigation system ever contacting a cell tower again. I pulled the one in my 2021 Tundra.</text></comment>