<story><title>New Toyotas will upload data to AWS to help create custom insurance premiums</title><url>https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/18/aws_toyota_alliance/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>calmworm</author><text>This removes &amp;quot;New Toyotas&amp;quot; from my list of potential next vehicles, though it&amp;#x27;s likely just a matter of time before all new vehicles have a direct link with insurance companies.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>forgot_account</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m starting to wonder if there will be a growing market for car shops to do what I&amp;#x27;ve done to my Supra:&lt;p&gt;Pull out the entire wire harness and replace it with an aftermarket Power Distribution Module system, ECU, and CAN-BUS controller. Remove all this monitoring and connectivity crap, but keep the best parts of a modern Japanese car: the bulletproof mechanical components. It&amp;#x27;s expensive and time-consuming, but also saves some weight.</text></comment>
<story><title>New Toyotas will upload data to AWS to help create custom insurance premiums</title><url>https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/18/aws_toyota_alliance/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>calmworm</author><text>This removes &amp;quot;New Toyotas&amp;quot; from my list of potential next vehicles, though it&amp;#x27;s likely just a matter of time before all new vehicles have a direct link with insurance companies.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>novok</author><text>Even toyotas sold today have cellular modems that track your location, it&amp;#x27;s called &amp;quot;toyota safety connect&amp;quot;.  There is no obvious way to turn it off either.</text></comment>