Disabling tracking device...... [ADMIN WARNING: NO RELIGION, NO POLITICS]

[Satex]

True but, your driving habits won't be recorded and sold to insurers and raise your rates. Are you an advocate of the 4th amendment violating ALPR's too ?

You can agree or disagree with the vehicle tech, but unless the government is tracking you this isn't a Constitutional issue.

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[surfstar]

ITT some people have such interesting lives that they believe Ford is interested in what/where they go/do in their truck. Take off the tin foil hats and everything will be okay.

 

[G L Rockwell]

You can agree or disagree with the vehicle tech, but unless the government is tracking you this isn't a Constitutional issue.

That's the rub, the ALPR companies won't guarantee FEDS don't have access. Are you one of the few that trust governments in general ?

 

[Satex]

That's the rub, the ALPR companies won't guarantee FEDS don't have access. Are you one of the few that trust governments in general ?

How can you expect a guarantee? If they get a court order compelling them to provide information, you expect them to defy that?

Either way, your argument there is with the government. That was my point.

 

[RonEee]

Fuse #8 under the steering wheel panel for anyone interested.

What year rangers does this apply to and won't that also disable automatic software updates?

 

[G L Rockwell]

How can you expect a guarantee? If they get a court order compelling them to provide information, you expect them to defy that?

Either way, your argument there is with the government. That was my point.

How can you expect a guarantee? If they get a court order compelling them to provide information, you expect them to defy that?

Either way, your argument there is with the government. That was my point.

No authority has the right to track without a warrant and/or consent.

 

[rugedraw]

You could also just turn off the data you don't want to share.

 

[CWRoady]

not concerned about Santa, NORAD’s keeping tabs on him…

https://www.noradsanta.org/en/



Now Flock, that’s another story

All the local government or insurance company has to do is look at the difference between the timestamps from two different cameras to know if you’re speeding.

They can easily automate the tickets or insurance rate increases

 

[Dadzmad]

To reply to the tin foil hat comments above:
We live in a time where thieves can use a relay device outside your door and manipulate your fob hanging up inside to start your car and take it away. I think I would be foolish to assume that the code running the connected vehicle system does not include a hidden kill switch which would be intended for law enforcement. I'm not worried about the police or government here. Intertwined private companies are involved here. I may not have anything to hide about were I go and what I do. But private companies that have information to stop my truck does bother me, particularly if this information is stolen or sold to shady data brokers. I think it is a matter time before criminal gangs use this type of connectivity to target and stop cars so they can do what they want to do.

 

[G L Rockwell]

You could also just turn off the data you don't want to share.

I'm not explaining what's in the video champ.

 

[dpAtlanta]

I find this thread quite entertaining… I remember when the EDR’s were first discovered, and a lot of folks thought the black box was listening to conversations, tracking their GPS, and knowing what they were doing as they were driving.
None of it was true.
National news even aired a story (CNN), yeah, I know.
How long until we find out the truth on this new technical scare?
The EDR’s were clueless, until the crash.

 

[OxygenMask]

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you....

 

[stemplar]

...but still uses smartphones, credit cards, internet, and all that other stuff that tracks you.

“I won’t fight this battle because it won’t win the war alone” is a terrible philosophy. Apparently very popular, but myopic and flawed.

 

[G L Rockwell]

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you....

Actually, it was originally about your car insurance rates not going up.

 

[Jason B]

I have a tracking device in my truck. I know it's there because I put it there. It's directly from and communicates with my insurance company. My insurance DROPPED $50 per month.

Speaking of 'tin foil hats":

To reply to the tin foil hat comments above:
We live in a time where thieves can use a relay device outside your door and manipulate your fob hanging up inside to start your car and take it away. I think I would be foolish to assume that the code running the connected vehicle system does not include a hidden kill switch which would be intended for law enforcement. I'm not worried about the police or government here. Intertwined private companies are involved here. I may not have anything to hide about were I go and what I do. But private companies that have information to stop my truck does bother me, particularly if this information is stolen or sold to shady data brokers. I think it is a matter time before criminal gangs use this type of connectivity to target and stop cars so they can do what they want to do.

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