We need laws that require us to opt in not opt out. And force social media to pay the individual person for any data they created for the social media companies before the companies can resell the data.
No different than royalty payments. We create the data we deserve to be compensated when it is used for profit of any kind, even when it improves algorithms.
Not enough opt-in is insufficient it needs to be opt in without consequences otherwise they'll simply refuse the service for sale unless you opt in it needs to be important that there are no negative consequences to electing not to op in
@@truracer20in the early days at least this is how Google operated they would gain a lot of profitability from data collection from you but you would gain access to valuable free services that you are essentially paying for with your data Sadly they've gotten more and more evil over time
to hell with opting out. the companies should have to persuade you into opting in of your own free will, in a manner that makes you aware of what your opting into.
i wouldnt be surprised that they dont put it in such a way that its obvious to the layman off the street. terms of service, vehicle paperwork, etc... but the fun part is, why arent repair shops offering this service to registered title owners with a finance status check on the vehicle????
@Ben.A.R disagree. If I want to sell my data I should be allowed to. I don't want to, and I protect my data to the best of my ability. But I'd someone is foolish enough to sell their data, that is and must remain, their right.
Data is now the most valuable commodity in our society. I think people are starting to get tired of being tracked everywhere they go for anything they do. It's not enough for these companies to gather all this data on you, they always end up selling it to the highest bidder.
Bio data is especially valuable. The CCP are paying millions to Ancestry, 23 and Me, etc. The US armed forces have requested their members not use these genealogy DNA test kits.
Not the highest bidder but all bidders that are above a certain amount. All of them do it and even with trying to stop it from getting to certain countries which will still get to everyone that pays.
What the hell are you going on about? It's not sold to the highest bidder. It's sold to ANYONE and EVERYONE who is willing to pay whatever price the seller is asking. That's a huge difference. Your information isn't sold once.. It's sold thousands of times...
Many years ago, when I was moving from North Dakota to Oregon, I got stopped at a DUI checkpoint in Idaho. Although I wasn't drinking, the county cop saw my Bearcat scanner and my radar detector, and said "Those are illegal here." I think he was pretty surprised when I pulled up my FCC "Professional Radiotelephone License" (having anticipated such a possibility), and responded: "Not for me; this Federal license says that I can operate any radio transmitter or receiver, anywhere in the U.S!"
@@PMMcIntyre Nah. The myth of the good cop goes completely out the window once they join any police force. They're all complicit in crimes against the population in one form or another.
Tracking should be prosecuted under wiretapping laws unless properly disclosed and opted into. It should also be rolled into identity theft if sold as apart of data harvesting, and blanketed under unauthorized access to a computer system.
Maybe add it to anti-stalking laws. If a private citizen did this to another person it would be considered illegal and that stalker probably thrown in jail.
lol you’re the person that doesn’t know about NSA illegal mass surveillance, commercially available license plate readers, and Amazon+ others deploying facial recognition cameras and building a database of faces.
As a cab driver about 10 years ago, i found that i could improve my cab computer response time in getting "first come first served" offered trips if my cars gps was not working. I watched the mechanic replace the module under a small plastic bubble on the cars roof. 2 screws held the cover on. Knowing there was a huge advantage to a non working gps, i went home unscrewed the cover and proceded to fill the void in the gps bubble with aluminum foil. The foil blocked the signal and i was back to super computer speed. Ran that way for 8 months. Boss found out, suspended me for 12 hours and told me not to tamper with the car. Lol that suspension was so worth the 8 months of being able to snag trips faster than anyone else...
@@dreamleaf6784 Firstly, as was said in the video, they can jam other vehicles around you would you want an ambulance on a call to your home delayed because someone driving nearby had jammed its navigation system at an important intersection and it had gone the wrong way?. Secondly they can jam other services that rely on GPS, i.e. timing for large computer systems, timing for cellular phone sites etc. And finally, you don't have a license to transmit on the frequencies that they use. So illegal and very antisocial and selfish in the extreme!
@@qwerty-cg7hv At the same time though, the fact that some people do something irresponsibly isn't a good reason for a blanket ban. There's no technical reason for the jammer to have a range of more than a couple feet if all you're jamming is a receiver in your own vehicle. I wonder how many more jammers are in use that just don't throw a big enough bubble to be noticed by anyone other than the user.
The problem with that is GPS don't work in tunnels and my Garmin does not work well in Down town Pittsburgh because of the tall buildings. Im sure NYC also has that problem. I can see cars stopped in the middle of a tunnel or in rush hour traffic. 73@@MadScientist267
@@noseboop4354nonsense. If it is your property you have every right to modify, disable, destroy or repair it. The problem is only if you do not fully own it, as in a lease or rental agreement
In reference to Steve's quote from The Finnish governmental official, anyone who describes actions taken by private citizens seeking greater privacy as "problematic", is part of the problem.
Exactly. I always opt out of tracking. Back in 2016 I had a person comment on a photo on my Facebook profile and I hadn't friended that person, I had my profile set to private but some update undid all of my preferences. That was very unnerving.
The Finns would not be using so many jammers if the corporations weren't tracking people and using that data in ways the victims don't want or even know about.
@@MonkeyJedi99 Then you don't get text messages and other notifications. Your cell phone knows where you are whenever it's on, and it knows how fast you've been traveling by noting where you were and where you are now.
@@VideoArchiveGuy I'm not emotionally attached to an electronic overlord as I travel about. Heck, I've forgotten my phone at a friend's house for a whole week and barely missed it.
The much superior solution would block the data from getting out anywhere. Interfering with the signal has too many unintended consequences. Plus the jammer itself could so easily be tracked by any receiver in the area. The snoops know this too. It would record data in the same way, but it absolutely would be like waving a red flag.
The thing about opting out of something is that the company can secretly ignore your wishes and still sell your info. As someone who worked for a company that did so I can confirm that it does happen.
@@nospamallowed4890not exactly. It protects personal and sensible data. The data broker can respect the GDPR (ex: do not include your ID within the same dataset just like any data base that fulfill GDPR requirements). There are many occasions where you may link your vehicle to other personal data, ex: when you enter your registration to get spare parts. Worse, in some parts EU, you are even asked to link your credit card to your vehicle for digital highway fees, which is one of the most dumb concept.
@@cronobactersakazakii5133 It is still a lot better than what we have in the US. Here car companies vacuum all of the data from your mobile phone when you connect it to the infotainmnet, collect GPS and external/internal camera data, microphone conversations, etc. Then they send it from car to the manufacturer, process it and collate it with other data available, and then sell the profile to anyone who wants to pay. Worse, since the laws do not protect the personal data, in a recent lawsuit against (was it Mazda or Nissan, I can't remember) the judge ruled that the manufacturer could do anything they wanted with that data. Similarly, we had a case where manufacturer employees were caught sharing videos taken by the car's internal cameras of their customers having s*x in the car. The abuse is rampant and widespread, and in the US we don't even have the most basic protections. Our politicians are more interested in appearances and campaign-driven "for show" legislation like the one about banning TikTok due to its Chinese ownership and their spyware legislation. Yes, it should be banned for that reason, but the legislation should not be single-company or single-country, it should be oriented to any company or nation engaged in such actions... so that this kind of thing can be prevented no matter who decides to replicate the model. So... rather than jammers I'd rather see features or mechanisms to: 1) Block all outgoing signals of the car, maybe by killing the car's mobile connection and using a strong firewall when you park it at home and connect it to an isolated VLAN to allow updates in but no transmission out via a plug-in to a privacy-respecting home automation platform like Home Assistant. 2) Some way to wipe the car's GPS, infotainment, etc history data before taking it to a mechanic... so that there is no data to take and misuse (like giving it to his home robber buddy).
So I can opt out of NSA illegal mass surveillance, public facial recognition cameras building a database of Americans faces, and automated license plate readers that have been deployed since the 1990s.
"Isn't it interesting that the only road to social Utopia, requires absolute surveillance of every aspect of your life." ~Jim Lakely VP, The Heartland Institute
I remember when cell phones became more ubiquitous, movie theaters wanted to electronically block them to avoid interrupting a movie. The FCC shot that down really fast
They took action against a hotel chain that was jamming personal Wi-Fi hotspots. Even though it wasn't actually blocking the RF signals the action of sending deauth attacks to non-sanctioned APs was still ruled to be jamming.
@@thebrowns5337 Actually many do not actually turn off. They go into a low power state and act as if they are turned off visually. But dang it some how they are still trackable. Supposedly find my device still works on Apple phones even if the phone is off. They must do some sort of Bluetooth activity in that state or perhaps more but less often to conserve the battery. I never tried finding one turned off but many articles say they can. Probably the real reason batteries are no longer removable.
@@thebrowns5337 Your turned off cell phone can be turned back on by other people without you knowing it. The only way to prevent that is to remove the battery.
I now confirmed as to why am around certain cars my signals are ended or stopped when close to them on the road. When I spied up or slow down leaving a larger distance the signal automatically returns. I have advised other people of this and they don’t believe it until I show them how cheap they are to obtain and this video. Conspiracy…..NO…..probability yes. Some vehicles use to come equipped to keep their teenagers off their phones by interrupting the signal so they could not use their devices and get in an accident. Not sure if they still have them as an option?
When we lived in LA, i got a ticket and had to go to "traffic school" taught by an off-duty LAPD officer. When I went to leave, I found I had locked my keys in my car. I ended up borrowing lock picks from the officer to pick my locks. I found it interesting that he had picks on him. I expect he found it interesting that I knew what to do with them-it was something I learned at the MIT AI lab.
@@Haywa11 This was long before server racks. The CPU ws 3-4 cabinets, memory took up 4, later expanded to 5 of much denser core (not semiconductor) memory that doubled the memory. An IO Controller, and a Massbus DMA controller, and then a 2-rack PDP-11 to handle terminal IO. 3 disk drives, each the size of a small washing machine. I was not involved in the project that wired the elevator call buttons to the computer so we could call it from our terminals. But I learned from the people who did.
I once locked my keys in my car at the DMV and asked if they could call the cops so they could pop the lock. A couple standing in line asked me if they could speak to me outside. The husband was a "retired" car thief and offered to use his wife's Chevy key to pop the lock on my Saturn (I no longer have it). And sure enough, he put her key in, wiggled it a bit, and it opened right up. Before that, I had an old Dodge Omni and found out that there were only a couple hundred door key combinations, because I went to what I thought was my car in a dark and crowded parking lot at an amusement park, and the door opened right up. But when I got in I noticed my CB radio and stuff weren't there. Very strange to be able to open someone else's car with my key.
I remember reading some kind of lock picking manual by MIT many years ago if memory serves. Been interested in it for years, I also enjoy watching the lockpicking lawyer but never bought a lock picking set. I'd be worried people think I'm a burglar.
In the EU cars are now required to have a SIM with a GPS system that can send your position "if you crash" or find yourself in an "emergency". Everything closed source of course, and that data has to reach the governments emergency coodination center. States want to control everything, and that's one of the reasons they don't want old cars on the road. The EU created that mandate, and some countries outside the EU did the same afterwards
For real. I started wondering if I have Finnish ancestry when Steve explained that part. Just the other day I was waiting to get a blood test, and while I am sitting in this big and mostly empty waiting room, this couple sat down in the chairs RIGHT NEXT TO ME. This, in a waiting room of like 30 chairs where there maybe 5 other people there. I was like, these people are psychopaths. When I got up to check the waiting list tv, I did not return to the same seat. Which made things even more awkward. One of the couple gave me a glance. They noticed.
A wonderful idea. Or one that punishes them. I use an ad blocker that clicks every ad before hiding it and shows me how many tens of thousand dollars I have cost advertizers. Maybe they can modify it instead of replace it. 😆
At least on General Motors cars there's something called a vehicle Communications module it controls Bluetooth and like the satellite Communications for their OnStar systems. I don't know how many things it would affect if you disable that module which could be done as simply as unplugging it or removing the power to it
In a country that has a legal system that states that an individual is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law by a jury of their peers its odd how many laws we have declaring that the possession of certain items is illegal due to the possibility of illicit use (police scanner, switch blade knife, high capacity magazine, suppressor, ect.) That in itself is stating that the person having said items has criminal intent. Making them guilty before a crime is committed based on a hypothetical reason. Guilty until proven innocent. Unless you have an eleven digit bank account. Then you can pretty much do whatever you want. Justice by the dollar. The more money you have,the more justice you get.
It also includes power and influence combined with money you were given by the government as well to have. The government can always freeze money and assets while you charge you with crimes and eventually take you down. Need the power and influence along with enough money.
"police scanner, switch blade knife, high capacity magazine, suppressor, " Literally none of these are illegal in my state. Don't try to say things like these items are illegal throughout the whole country when it's only a handful of states that make these things illegal.
Even cheaper and easier. I found out by mail from dealer I was being tracked. I grabbed my 18V DeWalt recip saw and removed the little black antennae off the top front left corner of my van. Fixed.
Hate to break it to you but that didn’t do anything. They weren’t tracking you through the XM/Sirius antenna. You’re going to need to dig a bit deeper or pull a specific fuse
when I bought my 2018 Mustang back in 2020, I specifically looked for one with the lowest base-spec infotainment that does not have onboard navigation or remote app connectivity/monitoring. Ford engineers, to their credit, even gave the telematics system (for cars with a GSM modem for data collection/uploading) its own separate fused circuit. Remove a 5 amp fuse from the fusebox and the car can no longer track you, though it does disable some features in the higher spec infotainment systems.
@@jpnewman1688 If he drives over the speed limit to pass another vehicle, his phone won't track that but his car will. If his car's data is sold to an insurance company, those most likely to buy the information, his rates could be affected.
@@jpnewman1688 No, but an insurance company isn't likely to buy information from someone's phone when they get what they need from your car that is tracked.
@@troy.peters A phone can and does track your speed. They want to know when you're walking, driving, taking a bus, etc. It does affect what they should be advertising to you.
Finn here. I had wondered for a long time about your surname, the channel picture and all the finnish referencing license plates in your background and you just happened to answer it at the beginning of the video. I had thought "this guy must have lived a long time in the states, as I can't detect any finnish accent in him!". Anyways, cheers from Finland been enjoying the common sense takes on a variety of legal cases and will continue to do so!
The upper peninsula of Michigan where Steve is from, is full of Finnish people, and they take pride in being Finns. Northern lower Michigan, has more German and Dutch roots, but, at this point, a lot of us are a little of everything.
I work at a car dealership as a technician. If ever i bought a new car from my manufacturer I would unplug certain modules and antennas. Or pull out specific fuses....
@@franksaldana891 I would unplug the GPS antenna, and I would remove the fuse for the emergency call system. I would unplug the microphones for the voice control system. I would put tape over the cameras in the instrument cluster (these cameras are supposedly installed to monitor the movement of your eyes to discern your attention level).
Well, let us know details! When buying a ‘07 Car from the General Mayhem back then , the first thing I did was to pull out the idiotic “On Star” module (though I hadn’t purchased the service) just in case….. I don’t need that shit in my Vehicle! With all the new surveillance crap (such as the mandated “Kill-switch”) I don’t for-see wasting my money on any new Car in the Future.
I remember several years ago, a couple of companies (in the U.S.) installed cell jammers to keep employees off their phones during work. They were each fined more than $120,000.
@@Spencer-wc6ew Or just hire whatever planners designed government buildings before cell signals were considered. Desks near exterior windows become extremely popular.
@@brentlloyd7908 You're right. I didn't read that because it didn't happen. From the FCC: Signal jammers may not be lawfully used in the United States. The law says no one shall “willfully or maliciously interfere with or cause interference to any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized by or under this chapter or operated by the United States Government.” Moreover, jammers cannot be certified or authorized for use in the United States as their primary purpose is to block or interfere with authorized radio communications. This prohibition applies to the manufacture, import, sale, offer for sale, or shipping of jammers. The only exception is for certain limited, direct use by the United States government itself.
Shielding is actually a trickier prospect than you might think. A surprising amount makes it through when it's not a perfectly closed conductive shell due to wire holes and such. Much more reliable just to burn out the antenna.
I must be Finnish at heart. MYOB is my life's theme. Recently we were driving through Milwaukee and then Chicago. Our GPS's both of our phones went whack-a-doodle for about 5-10 miles in each instance. My first thought was "jammer?", but I was picturing a satellite in space, not someone on the road next to me. Jam away jammers, I can use a map, and it is no one else's business where and when I am. Good video!
Funny thing about illegal jamming devices, they tend to be pretty bad at picking their ranges and levels. The simplest kind is basically a microwave oven with all the protective and focusing shielding removed. You want that where, exactly?
There was a guy in Florida that was using a jammer to jam cell signals so other drivers could not talk on their cell phones on Interstate 4, the cell service providers called the police and after several months they noticed a pattern and caught the guy. I do not think he got jail time, but the FCC fine was almost 50k.
@@deilapakserrion9927 that is probably a different guy. One - jammed GNSS signals (that interfered with airport equipment), outher one - jammed cellular connection signal.
Comissioned with your money. But isnt just to track. Is military science ect, tracking is a residual ability somewhat of a exploit, like radio triangulation of cellphones. Nuclear power leading to weapons type deal, technology and science is always a pandoras box thing, hope for best, plan for worst. Gunpowder apparently was them looking for a life elixer lool some ppl can say it did bad, but fireworks, rocketry ect, so part of the arms race that is life. Jammers r a byproduct, ppl complaining is a byproduct, tbh most stuff here is isnt it? Plan ahead.
Allowing it, as the social media companies pay the government. Donations, etc. 2025 starts the requirement for cars to more consistently track you, and if their AI thinks you are driving erratically, then it will shut down your car, and I assume summon police. Guilty until proven innocent, and even if you’re sober, will likely arrest you for dui and/or reckless driving. After all, government AI computers would never lie, and their programmers would ALWAYS be on the up and up.
After I retired from engineering, I scratched a long term itch and opened a pair of BBQ and steak houses. This ran from 1995 til 2015. From the time of my opening, I operated a cell phone jammer in each restaurant. Being an engineer, I carefully measured the field strength to make sure it didn't penetrate the concrete block walls. Its existence gradually became known to my regulars. You would be surprised at how many patrons thanked me for providing a peaceful place to enjoy their meals. That I played Big Band and Swing music in the background also helped. Unfortunately society has digressed to the point that I don't know where to go to have a nice quiet meal with friends. Sad.
I know several people who put their cell phones into a faraday bag as soon as they are in their car, and it's not removed until they are either at a destination they aren't concerned about, or are back home. If they go into a store, about half of them won't take their phone out of the bag until they are away from the store.
@@arribaficationwineho32 No. Lead and faraday cages (bags) are two entirely different beasts. Lead is for blocking ionizing radiation. It's not gonna do shit to a cell signal.
lol, I was about to send you an article on some Florida guy from 10 years ago where he used a cell phone jammer on his way to and from work to prevent drivers around him from using their phones. He got fined $48k.
IIRC, his jammer disrupted aviation navigation at an airport he passed twice a day. That will raise some hackles! But it also calls into question relying on a GPS system so fragile that a "box o' hack" bought on E-Bay can shut it down.
If you leave it active too long, the cell companies suddenly work together to triangulate the zone and suddenly, an unmarked white van begins circling the target area while local law enforcement units are nearby awaiting the signal to swarm.
We need the kind of protections that you mentioned for cars, for computer operating systems and internet browsers. I recently installed Portmaster on my PC and was stunned by the number of previously unknown communications (literally hundreds) that Windows, Chrome, and many other programs made out to other servers on the internet. And this is after I had already opted out of everything that I knew to.
A locksmith who had decades in the USAF flew into Turkey. At customs the Turkish customs officers pen quit working. The customs officer then reached up and grabbed the pen from the locksmiths pocket. Instantly the locksmith said you can keep this one and managed to get his other pen back. That pen was full of custom lock picks.
@@Moon_Presence It does if you live long enough. I was shocked they had a law in florida against having pot in a cigar tube. You would think just having pot would be enough law.
I always appreciate people who go against injustices or annoyances by looking at things a little laterally. Often, it's not enough to try and stop people tracking or using your data. You can simply make sure the data they get is useless, or wreck it for them somehow. I'm all for it. Granted I'm British so we have stronger data protection over here, than say the US, but even so, I find it annoying to get bombarded with ads or mail that I have no interest in.
Well sadly you'd get more personalized ads if those protections weren't there, however I'd rather have the protections. Just another reason to buy a flipper zero as it can do everything you said. I need to buy a group of them before they are banned.
@@TalkingGIJoe Way to miss the point. We DO have better protections, demonstrably so. That does not mean the proliticians are good does it? Learn to do basic logic,
@@kurtvanluven9351 Sure, we have a shitty TV licence but that's a non sequitur isn't it? That doesn't change the fact we DO have better data protection and consumer rights laws here versus the US. Please learn to make a cogent argument.
A long time ago in a state far far away, when the personnel jammers first came out, my buddy bought one. We would drive around and when we saw someone on the phone driving we would activate it. So what is more illegal, a distracted driver or stopping the distracted driver? He also used to brin it to the movie theaters and prevent the other menace of society the phone jabbering movie goer. Someone we knew once got mad at him for doing this and said "what if there was an emergency and someone really needed to contact me." He responded, "people have been going to movies for 30 years before cell phones without that problem."
In most cases, the tracking begins before you accept the terms of service and continues even if you never do. It's basically a button to show the next screen not a request for permission.
The GPS antenna plugs into the back of the entertainment center. The windscreen-mounted antenna contains some electronics, as well as the antenna; unplugging it will prevent the GPS receiver from getting any data, and will disable any tracking, but the rest of the radio will still work normally.
how many peoplr can do that without damaging something else or having to open some seal that the dealer will declare the warranty void ecause you tampered with their ability to spy on you
Sounds like a "them problem." If these are the lengths we are driven to to preserve our privacy, then I guess rhey had better stop doing it. Sounds like their criminality is getting dangerous.
What everyone seems to be missing here is that for a couple hundred bucks or less it's possible to jam GPS signals in a wide enough area to confuse enemy drones or other weaponry guided by GPS. With cars, it seems a better idea in areas where a jamner is illegal, or just in general might be to find the antenna the GPS reciever uses and either disconnect it, or shield it with a faraday cage to render the GPS receiver inop.
If your company car has a tracker never disable/remove it, only obscure the signal. Its a big red flag when it completely drops off. That being said be aware most vehicles now have 2 different spots they send and receive from. One is usually the "shark fin/puck" on top. The other is usually a backup 3g/4g located inside the dash.
In the late 1980s. Los angeles Dwp sent people out to hand out circular florescent lamps to reduce load. When you turned them on. Channel 5 vanished from the Tv. This is before HDTV.
Funny thing about scanners. I know a cop who knocked on a suspected loud music player's door. When the dude opened his door, the cop cued his radio. The cop heard the scanner chirp in the guy's house. He wrote him a summons to court for the illegal use of the scanner to avoid the cops. The dude, turns out, used the scanner at his parties to hear when the police were called to his residence. The cops got eise to this and swapped over to a tactical encrypted channel to put the call out to his house. When the cop got there he did the radio chirp to bust the guy using the scanner.
My little portable HAM radio picks up all the State Police and dispatch comms. They're too cheap to go encrypted - sending full names, DOB, address, vehicle make, model & plate number in the clear.
Thank you. I would like to opt out of gps devices and all the sensors that shut down my car and cost $1200 or more in labor to replace a $50 part. I have worked on laboratory equipment with all the bells and whistles that was down 93 % of the time. Without that technology it would have been operational 93% of the time. This is crazy!
I recently watched a Toyota dealer here on YT explaining the new info-tainment system and you are absolutely correct about having to sign up for at least a trial subscription to their Toyota Connect service for all the GPS functions to work. It doesn't sound like Toyota is selling the information. It is more that Toyota wants to track the usage of the vehicle so they can see how it is used and remind the owner when the vehicle needs service so that they can sell the owner that service. To my way of thinking about it the cars computer can remind me to get the oil changed or to install a new air filter without my car having to phone home to the manufacturer.
Actually, you can look into the owners' manual and follow the maintenance schedule yourself. Most maintenance items are fairly simple. I wouldn't go over 5,000 miles on an oil and filter change, regardless of what the manual says, if you want your engine to last. The problem is, you might have to get a scan tool to turn off the idiot light, if the computer reminds you, but can't detect when it has been done.
@@dr.a.w Usually there is a way to turn off the light without a special tool, but it tends to be very counterintuitive and a PITA. For my car I have to turn the ignition on, but not start the car, then tap a button twice and depress the gas pedal 5 times within 10 seconds.
@@dr.a.w The point is that in order to get the full functionality of hardware that you paid for you have to sacrifice your privacy and allow Toyota to not only remind you but market their services to you. We value our privacy. That is the reason my wife won't have Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant in our home.
@@dr.a.w Honestly, if you don't beat your car regularly around a race track, the 5000mls oil change schedule is bs. I drive since 1997 and change my oil yearly or every 10000 to 15000 miles with zero issues. In general I keep my cars for around 5 to 6 years, with my Lexus I have now will becoming my exception as I plan to run it till they ban petrol.
They make GPS jamming detectors. After I had read a story about truckers using them in the US, I contemplated buying one and sitting on an overpass to see how many vehicles are running GPS jammers.
All new cars sold in the EU are fitted with an eCall device. It's basically an embedded mobile phone. Technically, it's supposed to be only used to contact emergency services in case of an accident. It can be used to locate you but also communicate with you. While it is mandatory for manufacturers to install it, some allow for it to be disabled. That's an "opt-out" situation and not all manufacturers provide this service.
I'm content with just keeping the car manufacturer from tracking me. Since 2002, I have removed or disconnected the factory GPS antenna or related modules inside the cars. The most difficult one was a Mercedes 3 years ago. To get to it, I had to completely unbolt the entire dashboard(without removing it from the car) to reach behind it to move a module that connected to the GPS antenna, as well as the cellular connection. When I returned it at lease end, I had to do it again to reconnect everything. :) On the BMW that I just bought, it was much easier, as the related modules are actually visible once the center console and infotainment screen are taken out. ( also prevents logging of driving data such as acceleration, braking, yaw rate, fuel consumption and engine runtime)
I appreciate them using the bright orange connector on the airbag module so it is easy to see and disconnect. I don't see how you will disable anti lock brakes on these electric cars, so won't be getting one.
Very interesting, and unsurprising! I totally agree that the seeming total loss of privacy is a huge social issue, and is something which needs to be focused upon in greater detail. This brings to mind my (late) friend Jody who drove truck during the early days of proprietary GPS and routing systems such as the Qualcomm terminals. These were in some ways the great grandfather of the current ELD devices. These had a dome on the top of the truck, approximately the size of a half basketball. It also connected to the truck engine ECM. Jody figured out that if he placed a small metal pail over the dome, and disconnected the ECM signal, the truck was able to be driven without the knowledge of the trucking company. He would visit friends around the country who were "off route" out of bounds from where he was allowed to drive the truck. This was easy since all he had to do was stop at a plausible overnight rest point, cover up the dome and unhook the ECM signal; then go on a side-trip. He would then return to the place where he covered up the dome, and uncover it and reconnect the ECM signal. According to the company, the truck was stopped there with the engine off, the whole time. Not saying I agree with cheating, just telling the story as I remember it. This game has been ongoing for a long time and will continue as long as people feel that their privacy is being curtailed in an unfair manner.
CAPITALISTS at All Costs believe they are entitled to our info. My simple free VPN takes care of that. All my advertisements are geared to if I live in the VPN's location while I live 3 time zones over. 😂😂
Love Finland. Visited there twice in one year for summer and winter. Amazing the stillness and silence in the winter night up north. Good to hear Finns standing up for their privacy. I wish more people knew about this. I remember when it started and the initial controversy of it which was quickly subdued through simply ending the discussion. Otherwise why isn’t this utilized for locating missing vehicles?? For some good instead of just data and profit.
it was never for good or benefit of vehicle owners it is 100% for good and profit of carmakers and other forms.of corporate greed you will own nothing and like it the motto of the republican party
I had to put your Finland bus stop claim to the test. I went on google maps street view to a string of bus shelters outside of a train station in Helsinki. Sure enough, it was one couple (that were together) per entire bus shelter. Tried to compare to the US but nobody was waiting for a bus.
Google Maps removes people and cars now in the U.S. Look at an interstate Highway and you will see that it's empty of cars. Only cars permanently parked in a parking lot will show up.
I can see why you might think that's what's going on but I don't think that's actually what is going on. Recently I ran into a StreetView car 3 times in a week in my town and I keep checking to see if they updated the footage. I believe they just do it at lower traffic times of the day.@@GalaxyFur
The police scanner thing has an exception for amateur radio operators in those states that ban them since ham radio operators use them during emergency ops like natural disaster response and the like. The ARRL usually launches lawyers when these bills pop up in various state and/or federal legislatures. And most of the time the police scanner ban only takes effect "when in the commission of a crime."
I have read reports where on newer GM vehicles that the tracking is sent through a cell phone signal (even if you don't subscribe to any service) and that you can locate the circuit board (which is hard to get to, likely hard on purpose) and disable the cell phone transmitter board by cutting the power to it or disconnecting the antenna connection at the board. Doing this does not disable the GPS and it will work the same, what it does disable is the ability for your car to send out any tracking information (and it also keeps onstar from working if that is important to you). I understand Ford and other companies have different providers but a similar setup.
GM has always made anything difficult to get to. Every time I have worked on a GM product, it seems like there is at least one fastener you can't see and can barely get a tool on.
Steve, you won't ever read this, but I hiked 4 miles at Ricketts Glen, Pa and my Rockrooster boots with Vibrim soles were the greatest things since fork-split English muffins. I really appreciate that ad you did. I DO NOT watch ads for anyone. I did for you.
I was invited to Marquette for the 4th of July and it snowed. The worst was my friends told me we were just eat local food. Patsy, burnt everything inside of burnt bread. But I do like to feel a leaving Wisconsin and being in a state freedom loving as Michigan❤
@@machintelligence I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel quite some number of years ago (let's just say more than 10 and leave it there)... I was given some treatment options but the doctor mentioned that if I took up weight lifting as a hobby the carpal tunnel might just go away on its own. So I did, and I've not had to worry about carpal tunnel since. I also have been known to pick locks that I own in my spare time.
How refreshing that your parents learned English. Contrast that with many recent “newcomers” who live here for decades and refuse to do that but instead expect the country to accommodate them.
I remember reading a sci-fi short story (this is in 1980s--sorry, can't remember author/title. In Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, I think) in which a "lunatic" had created a device to jam the phones/communications of people on a public bus. He was, of course, arrested, and interviewed by police. Why would someone do such a horrible thing? His explanation about people having to talk to others in person, relating to one another on a personal level was taken as proof of his madness. Because of his confession, he was off to prison or a mental institution, and the story concluded with the interviewer speculating on what a bizarre world it would be in which people weren't in constant, empty pointless contact with people.... What a world!
The problem with any law that allows opt-out is that the company will simply not offer the service when you do. So, you didn't want to be tracked? No navigation. Or no updates. Or no infotainment system at all. Etc. That already happens. Look at many consumer protection laws which all have clauses in the contract you sign that waive them. And if you don't sign? Then no car, no computer, no widget, no service.
@@TurdFergusen There is no safety offered by social media companies whatsoever. There is no safety offered by automakers tracking your movements. They are simply making money off of people.
Denver police arrested & charged my brother in the early 2000s for being in possession of burglary tools. He had a flat head screw driver. He just accepted the charge because he was an ignorant poc and believes you can't win.
Ty for talking about this. It caught my attention because I have a very abusive ex husband who has put something on my car and tracks me and messages me strings of messages taunting me with where I went (even if just Kroger) and can somehow hear my conversations too. I've had mechanic shops look and they did find something strange connected to the blue tooth, removed it, but he can still track and spy on me. I don't want to mess up anyone else's cars or devices, I just want my human rights supported. No one should be tracked without their permission, unless of course its punitive like house arrest or something. Stalker laws and supporting victims of stalking are way behind where they should be.
Law abiding citizens are so up to a point. If they are harmed by a crime against them, they may defend themselves by committing a crime of their own. The breach of trust between them and society, the breaking of the social contract from their point of view, opens the possibility of acting outside of the law. In these jammer cases, some people feel undignified, humiliated, controlled, and abused because they are being tracked, being treated like a criminal in house arrest even though they did not break a law. Society has failed to protect them from this breach of human rights. Seeing no legal remedy, they take matters into their own hands.
You are looking at it all wrong. You can't break the law, when there are no laws ! The law needs to apply to everyone equally or it applies to no one !!! When those who's job is to make laws and those who sit in judgment of those laws and those who prosecute those laws and those who enforce those laws are all immune from the law, then THERE ARE NO LAWS !!!!
Finland here (and long time viewer) The issue as said is it can interfere with emergency vehicles and other users, we also have issues near the border with Russians using electronic warfare and testing them near military areas
From what I understand up here in Canada particularly in the Toronto Ontario area. It is not illegal to own or listen to or put it in your vehicle. It’s not illegal to do that but it is illegal if you use the scanner during the commission of a crime that’s an added charge or something to that effect. As always, I enjoy your videos. Thank you for posting.
Just spoke to a guy I know who works for a dealership selling cars. For certain cars you could order a new one without the mapping & gps (just like you could get a stick shift if you wanted one) and you could just pull the fuse on the emergency satellite phone. If some cars have a GPS tracking unit put on so they can find the car if you don't pay, you may have to put down more and have a better credit score, but that's just my speculation because I did not ask him about that.
You should be opted out automatically and have to opt in if you want it and it should be clear and up front what services won't work until you opt in before you buy or obtain the item. On a far fetched comparison, it is like food companies having to list the ingredients in a package or can and write it terribly small and on colors where it is hard read.
You touched on the subject of being paid for my data every person should be paid for their data no company should be allowed to take your data without paying you for it
I know that "Moi, moi!" Means "Hi!" in Finnish. I heard two people speaking Finnish in Whole Foods (I'm a polyglot.) I said, "Moi, moi!" They looked surprized and annoyed, "Who are you? What do you want? How are you knowing Finnish?" "I'm an American and speak several languages. I'm just saying 'hi" ... what's wrong?" ...
There's a YT where some guy was using a jammer on his work truck for these exact same reasons. Unfortunately, unknown to him on his daily trips he passed close to an airport and he was jamming the GPS data their ILS base station used to assist with landing planes. Suffice to say, he was eventually caught and it didn't go well for him.
I owned a bright orange 1975 Honda CVCC. Bought new, it was a great little car until it rusted out after 13 years. Traded it in for a 1988 4-door Mazda 323 hatchback which lasted for 19 years [I'd paid the dealership for additional undercoating & rustproofing]. My wife & I currently drive a low-mileage 2007 Honda Fit that she inherited from an aunt. Best car so far - more power up hills, better handling, great sound system, etc etc.
During Obumers presidency, Feds passed a law requiring that all new cars have GPS tracking & it's a felony to turn off, remove or block the signal of those devices in your car. Starting in 2030 or 2035, all new cars must also have a kill program in the GPS tracking system that law enforcement can activate by satellite that turns off your cars engine. States like CA, WA & NY & DC have already started tracking vehicles in their states with this system, Feds used it after Jan 6th. The only option is to buy a car that was built before 2015 & has a out data GPS system or doesn't have one at all. It's funny that people worry about business selling their buying & traveling data to marketing companies, who will use the info to offer you products & services that better fit your needs, but seem not to worry about their governments tracking that data, governments that will use that data against you, both criminally & civilly.
The Finns live next door to Russia. Of course they don't want to be tracked! General Motors sells vehicle telemetry, supposedly without location. Insurance companies buy the data and use it to jack up insurance premiums. For instance, non-regenerative braking is classified as "hard braking" and raises the cost of buying insurance.
@@conchobarit was nothing more than a more accurate detail on the population of Finland in comparison to a large american metropolitan area, as steve stated
Wow, thanks for the kind words!! 👍
The hands have spoken.
Whoa, the man himself! Love your content!
please comment again to prove that it's not a fluke
He's not wrong
Haven't seen you in a while...you've been missed.
We need laws that require us to opt in not opt out. And force social media to pay the individual person for any data they created for the social media companies before the companies can resell the data.
No different than royalty payments. We create the data we deserve to be compensated when it is used for profit of any kind, even when it improves algorithms.
Even if there were laws, they would still track us
@@truracer20 especially when it improves algorithms. Because that's another profitable business use that we contributed to.
Not enough opt-in is insufficient it needs to be opt in without consequences otherwise they'll simply refuse the service for sale unless you opt in it needs to be important that there are no negative consequences to electing not to op in
@@truracer20in the early days at least this is how Google operated they would gain a lot of profitability from data collection from you but you would gain access to valuable free services that you are essentially paying for with your data
Sadly they've gotten more and more evil over time
to hell with opting out. the companies should have to persuade you into opting in of your own free will, in a manner that makes you aware of what your opting into.
You spelled wrong: they should PAY you for your data.
@@DarkKnightBruce With YOU getting the bigger cut from their profits. You get 95% and they only get 5% at the go between.
Nooooooo. It needs to be illegal period.
i wouldnt be surprised that they dont put it in such a way that its obvious to the layman off the street. terms of service, vehicle paperwork, etc... but the fun part is, why arent repair shops offering this service to registered title owners with a finance status check on the vehicle????
@Ben.A.R disagree. If I want to sell my data I should be allowed to. I don't want to, and I protect my data to the best of my ability. But I'd someone is foolish enough to sell their data, that is and must remain, their right.
Data is now the most valuable commodity in our society. I think people are starting to get tired of being tracked everywhere they go for anything they do. It's not enough for these companies to gather all this data on you, they always end up selling it to the highest bidder.
I want a monthly check for all of my personal info that gets sold.
Bio data is especially valuable. The CCP are paying millions to Ancestry, 23 and Me, etc. The US armed forces have requested their members not use these genealogy DNA test kits.
@@B_Bodziak Yeah, my sis got one done, and I say, "Gee, there goes my aspiring criminal career...THANKS!"
Not the highest bidder but all bidders that are above a certain amount. All of them do it and even with trying to stop it from getting to certain countries which will still get to everyone that pays.
What the hell are you going on about? It's not sold to the highest bidder. It's sold to ANYONE and EVERYONE who is willing to pay whatever price the seller is asking.
That's a huge difference. Your information isn't sold once.. It's sold thousands of times...
Many years ago, when I was moving from North Dakota to Oregon, I got stopped at a DUI checkpoint in Idaho. Although I wasn't drinking, the county cop saw my Bearcat scanner and my radar detector, and said "Those are illegal here." I think he was pretty surprised when I pulled up my FCC "Professional Radiotelephone License" (having anticipated such a possibility), and responded: "Not for me; this Federal license says that I can operate any radio transmitter or receiver, anywhere in the U.S!"
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@@nikosantos1172 Said the criminal...
@@PMMcIntyre Everyone is a criminal when government makes laws broad enough to fit anyone.
@@ObIitus acab came from a certain demographic that commits most of the crimes...
@@PMMcIntyre Nah. The myth of the good cop goes completely out the window once they join any police force. They're all complicit in crimes against the population in one form or another.
Tracking should be prosecuted under wiretapping laws unless properly disclosed and opted into. It should also be rolled into identity theft if sold as apart of data harvesting, and blanketed under unauthorized access to a computer system.
Maybe add it to anti-stalking laws. If a private citizen did this to another person it would be considered illegal and that stalker probably thrown in jail.
Exactly what you said. It's a form of wiretapping and stalking.
Stalking, wiretapping, unconstitutional search and seizure
lol you’re the person that doesn’t know about NSA illegal mass surveillance, commercially available license plate readers, and Amazon+ others deploying facial recognition cameras and building a database of faces.
Well let's go against them with one nice lawsuit? Shall we ?
As a cab driver about 10 years ago, i found that i could improve my cab computer response time in getting "first come first served" offered trips if my cars gps was not working. I watched the mechanic replace the module under a small plastic bubble on the cars roof. 2 screws held the cover on. Knowing there was a huge advantage to a non working gps, i went home unscrewed the cover and proceded to fill the void in the gps bubble with aluminum foil. The foil blocked the signal and i was back to super computer speed. Ran that way for 8 months. Boss found out, suspended me for 12 hours and told me not to tamper with the car. Lol that suspension was so worth the 8 months of being able to snag trips faster than anyone else...
That's awesome. I totally would have done the same thing and felt the same way about it.
I used to run a bread route and would use a jammer to scramble the handheld so I could go home and take naps
@@dreamleaf6784 Firstly, as was said in the video, they can jam other vehicles around you would you want an ambulance on a call to your home delayed because someone driving nearby had jammed its navigation system at an important intersection and it had gone the wrong way?. Secondly they can jam other services that rely on GPS, i.e. timing for large computer systems, timing for cellular phone sites etc. And finally, you don't have a license to transmit on the frequencies that they use. So illegal and very antisocial and selfish in the extreme!
@@qwerty-cg7hv At the same time though, the fact that some people do something irresponsibly isn't a good reason for a blanket ban. There's no technical reason for the jammer to have a range of more than a couple feet if all you're jamming is a receiver in your own vehicle. I wonder how many more jammers are in use that just don't throw a big enough bubble to be noticed by anyone other than the user.
@@qwerty-cg7hvwe have a right NOT TO NE TRACKED ! Violation of the fourth amendment.
When the government says you have no right to privacy, you then have a _duty_ to disobey.
They'll just put things like software in that won't let the cars go anywhere if the GPS can't pick up satellites.
The problem with that is GPS don't work in tunnels and my Garmin does not work well in Down town Pittsburgh because of the tall buildings. Im sure NYC also has that problem.
I can see cars stopped in the middle of a tunnel or in rush hour traffic. 73@@MadScientist267
I'm sure there is a hack to fix GPS permanently without jamming them. 73
@@ronb6182 In the US it is illegal to disable the telemetry of your car. So if you hack it, you can potentially be arrested.
@@noseboop4354nonsense. If it is your property you have every right to modify, disable, destroy or repair it.
The problem is only if you do not fully own it, as in a lease or rental agreement
In reference to Steve's quote from The Finnish governmental official, anyone who describes actions taken by private citizens seeking greater privacy as "problematic", is part of the problem.
You'd think people would eventually learn that their governments see them with contempt...
Anyone who says the word problematic in positions of authority probably have pics of kids on their harddrives
@@DocHellfish well it is kinda problematic people driving around with jammers, since it jams everything around them, not just their car
@@VamoosoGuess the companies should stop tracking then
The Insurance companies and law enforcement are going to swoop in and scream …… Public Safety. And politicians will eat it up
I agree with all your points on the law that needs to be written with the exception of IT NEEDS TO BE OPT-IN! Not opt-out.
Need to disconnect it from function as well. No more "if you don't, it won't"...
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Exactly. I always opt out of tracking. Back in 2016 I had a person comment on a photo on my Facebook profile and I hadn't friended that person, I had my profile set to private but some update undid all of my preferences. That was very unnerving.
Do’t forget penalties for violating this. Laws without teeth are just suggestions.
Nooooooo. It needs to be illegal period.
Good point!
It's almost as if people don't like being tracked.
Who would ever have thought.
The Finns would not be using so many jammers if the corporations weren't tracking people and using that data in ways the victims don't want or even know about.
Humorously, most people don't realize that by necessity your cell phone tracks its precise location all day, every day.
@@VideoArchiveGuy Not if you turn it off and/or take out the battery.
*Removing the battery not easy on "premium" anti-repair brands.
@@MonkeyJedi99 Then you don't get text messages and other notifications.
Your cell phone knows where you are whenever it's on, and it knows how fast you've been traveling by noting where you were and where you are now.
@@VideoArchiveGuy I'm not emotionally attached to an electronic overlord as I travel about.
Heck, I've forgotten my phone at a friend's house for a whole week and barely missed it.
GPS Jammers are not a growing problem, they are a growing awesome-ness
The much superior solution would block the data from getting out anywhere. Interfering with the signal has too many unintended consequences. Plus the jammer itself could so easily be tracked by any receiver in the area. The snoops know this too. It would record data in the same way, but it absolutely would be like waving a red flag.
Except when thieves jam your wifi that connects to your camera
This is a person that fails to think logically.
The thing about opting out of something is that the company can secretly ignore your wishes and still sell your info. As someone who worked for a company that did so I can confirm that it does happen.
try getting out of junk emails doesnt happen
I don't know what you mean. I have never gotten span calls since I opted out.
The EU handles that scenario in their GDPR law, with a fine of 3% of global sales per incident.
@@nospamallowed4890not exactly. It protects personal and sensible data. The data broker can respect the GDPR (ex: do not include your ID within the same dataset just like any data base that fulfill GDPR requirements). There are many occasions where you may link your vehicle to other personal data, ex: when you enter your registration to get spare parts. Worse, in some parts EU, you are even asked to link your credit card to your vehicle for digital highway fees, which is one of the most dumb concept.
@@cronobactersakazakii5133 It is still a lot better than what we have in the US. Here car companies vacuum all of the data from your mobile phone when you connect it to the infotainmnet, collect GPS and external/internal camera data, microphone conversations, etc. Then they send it from car to the manufacturer, process it and collate it with other data available, and then sell the profile to anyone who wants to pay.
Worse, since the laws do not protect the personal data, in a recent lawsuit against (was it Mazda or Nissan, I can't remember) the judge ruled that the manufacturer could do anything they wanted with that data.
Similarly, we had a case where manufacturer employees were caught sharing videos taken by the car's internal cameras of their customers having s*x in the car.
The abuse is rampant and widespread, and in the US we don't even have the most basic protections. Our politicians are more interested in appearances and campaign-driven "for show" legislation like the one about banning TikTok due to its Chinese ownership and their spyware legislation. Yes, it should be banned for that reason, but the legislation should not be single-company or single-country, it should be oriented to any company or nation engaged in such actions... so that this kind of thing can be prevented no matter who decides to replicate the model.
So... rather than jammers I'd rather see features or mechanisms to:
1) Block all outgoing signals of the car, maybe by killing the car's mobile connection and using a strong firewall when you park it at home and connect it to an isolated VLAN to allow updates in but no transmission out via a plug-in to a privacy-respecting home automation platform like Home Assistant.
2) Some way to wipe the car's GPS, infotainment, etc history data before taking it to a mechanic... so that there is no data to take and misuse (like giving it to his home robber buddy).
I agree with opt-in. If I opt-in, you pay me a percentage of what is earned through direct, or indirect, sales.
Nooooooo. It needs to be illegal period.
So I can opt out of NSA illegal mass surveillance, public facial recognition cameras building a database of Americans faces, and automated license plate readers that have been deployed since the 1990s.
@@zeitgeistx5239 the government needs not surveil anyone. They just buy the information from the likes of Google...
That'd be like a new version of Nielsen ratings.
When you VOTED, you opted in to the gangsters to be your masters and you can't cry about them.. 😂😂
This wouldn't be a problem if companies weren't stalking people harder than an ACTUAL STALKER ever could.
but the people who want to stalk you, simply direct a conspirator to gain employment at a company where they can access the info
"Isn't it interesting that the only road to social Utopia, requires absolute surveillance of every aspect of your life." ~Jim Lakely VP, The Heartland Institute
I remember when cell phones became more ubiquitous, movie theaters wanted to electronically block them to avoid interrupting a movie. The FCC shot that down really fast
Too bad
They took action against a hotel chain that was jamming personal Wi-Fi hotspots. Even though it wasn't actually blocking the RF signals the action of sending deauth attacks to non-sanctioned APs was still ruled to be jamming.
Anyone here freq bugs?
@@thehimself4056 What does that mean?
@@soundsparkfrequency junkies. We build dot stuff like this.
A modern cell phone is a high end tracking device that happens to make phone calls occasionally.
and can be turned off by the user (but nobody ever does)
@@thebrowns5337 Actually many do not actually turn off. They go into a low power state and act as if they are turned off visually. But dang it some how they are still trackable. Supposedly find my device still works on Apple phones even if the phone is off. They must do some sort of Bluetooth activity in that state or perhaps more but less often to conserve the battery. I never tried finding one turned off but many articles say they can. Probably the real reason batteries are no longer removable.
@@thebrowns5337 Your turned off cell phone can be turned back on by other people without you knowing it. The only way to prevent that is to remove the battery.
@@thebrowns5337 when turned off they still can be tracked
I now confirmed as to why am around certain cars my signals are ended or stopped when close to them on the road. When I spied up or slow down leaving a larger distance the signal automatically returns. I have advised other people of this and they don’t believe it until I show them how cheap they are to obtain and this video. Conspiracy…..NO…..probability yes. Some vehicles use to come equipped to keep their teenagers off their phones by interrupting the signal so they could not use their devices and get in an accident. Not sure if they still have them as an option?
When we lived in LA, i got a ticket and had to go to "traffic school" taught by an off-duty LAPD officer. When I went to leave, I found I had locked my keys in my car. I ended up borrowing lock picks from the officer to pick my locks. I found it interesting that he had picks on him. I expect he found it interesting that I knew what to do with them-it was something I learned at the MIT AI lab.
It all starts with a locked server rack or desk that no one has the keys for anymore...
@@Haywa11 This was long before server racks. The CPU ws 3-4 cabinets, memory took up 4, later expanded to 5 of much denser core (not semiconductor) memory that doubled the memory. An IO Controller, and a Massbus DMA controller, and then a 2-rack PDP-11 to handle terminal IO. 3 disk drives, each the size of a small washing machine.
I was not involved in the project that wired the elevator call buttons to the computer so we could call it from our terminals. But I learned from the people who did.
I once locked my keys in my car at the DMV and asked if they could call the cops so they could pop the lock. A couple standing in line asked me if they could speak to me outside. The husband was a "retired" car thief and offered to use his wife's Chevy key to pop the lock on my Saturn (I no longer have it). And sure enough, he put her key in, wiggled it a bit, and it opened right up.
Before that, I had an old Dodge Omni and found out that there were only a couple hundred door key combinations, because I went to what I thought was my car in a dark and crowded parking lot at an amusement park, and the door opened right up. But when I got in I noticed my CB radio and stuff weren't there. Very strange to be able to open someone else's car with my key.
I remember reading some kind of lock picking manual by MIT many years ago if memory serves. Been interested in it for years, I also enjoy watching the lockpicking lawyer but never bought a lock picking set. I'd be worried people think I'm a burglar.
AI is NOT your friend.
Come with me if you want to live.
In the EU cars are now required to have a SIM with a GPS system that can send your position "if you crash" or find yourself in an "emergency". Everything closed source of course, and that data has to reach the governments emergency coodination center. States want to control everything, and that's one of the reasons they don't want old cars on the road.
The EU created that mandate, and some countries outside the EU did the same afterwards
Yeah, the old "It's for your own good" rude.😄
Only cars produced after the law was written is effected, so has NO bearing on older cars.
@@BPo75 For now.
Never really was about "the environment", was it?
That’s why they are keeping their old cars, it only takes a “bug” ?
Finland sounds like an introvert's paradise.
It does...I loved it when we had social distancing here.
My daughter spent a year in Finland. She said it's the best place to be if you don't like socialising with people.
I have a friend who lives there near the Arctic circle. I asked how he does it and he said “be prepared to stay inside for a long while and vodka.
@@happydogg312😂😂😂 That's clever. I like that joke.
For real. I started wondering if I have Finnish ancestry when Steve explained that part.
Just the other day I was waiting to get a blood test, and while I am sitting in this big and mostly empty waiting room, this couple sat down in the chairs RIGHT NEXT TO ME. This, in a waiting room of like 30 chairs where there maybe 5 other people there.
I was like, these people are psychopaths.
When I got up to check the waiting list tv, I did not return to the same seat. Which made things even more awkward. One of the couple gave me a glance. They noticed.
One could create a profession by completely removing and or disabling GPS or wifi in all models of new and used cars that have unwanted devices. ❤ 🤔
A wonderful idea. Or one that punishes them. I use an ad blocker that clicks every ad before hiding it and shows me how many tens of thousand dollars I have cost advertizers. Maybe they can modify it instead of replace it. 😆
@@CapnSnackbeardI like the sound of that ad-blocker. I need to find it lol
I'm sure that a market for chips or hacking services to disable all that stuff is already available.
Just disconnect the antenna and put foil several layers around the transmitter.
At least on General Motors cars there's something called a vehicle Communications module it controls Bluetooth and like the satellite Communications for their OnStar systems. I don't know how many things it would affect if you disable that module which could be done as simply as unplugging it or removing the power to it
In a country that has a legal system that states that an individual is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law by a jury of their peers its odd how many laws we have declaring that the possession of certain items is illegal due to the possibility of illicit use (police scanner, switch blade knife, high capacity magazine, suppressor, ect.) That in itself is stating that the person having said items has criminal intent. Making them guilty before a crime is committed based on a hypothetical reason. Guilty until proven innocent. Unless you have an eleven digit bank account. Then you can pretty much do whatever you want. Justice by the dollar. The more money you have,the more justice you get.
This comment needs a pin (to the top) or something.
It also includes power and influence combined with money you were given by the government as well to have. The government can always freeze money and assets while you charge you with crimes and eventually take you down. Need the power and influence along with enough money.
"police scanner, switch blade knife, high capacity magazine, suppressor, "
Literally none of these are illegal in my state. Don't try to say things like these items are illegal throughout the whole country when it's only a handful of states that make these things illegal.
More freedom you get
Right except for anything Trump.
Even cheaper and easier. I found out by mail from dealer I was being tracked. I grabbed my 18V DeWalt recip saw and removed the little black antennae off the top front left corner of my van. Fixed.
Why not Milwaukee?? :/
@@NEO_RKX Makita!
Hate to break it to you but that didn’t do anything. They weren’t tracking you through the XM/Sirius antenna. You’re going to need to dig a bit deeper or pull a specific fuse
Should NEVER be opt out - it should always be opt in, also if it is opt in there should be some recompense.
Nooooooo. It needs to be illegal period.
There is already an Opt-In, the EULA.
If it doesn't work without accepting the EULA, that is not an option in system, that's a slave contract.
when I bought my 2018 Mustang back in 2020, I specifically looked for one with the lowest base-spec infotainment that does not have onboard navigation or remote app connectivity/monitoring. Ford engineers, to their credit, even gave the telematics system (for cars with a GSM modem for data collection/uploading) its own separate fused circuit. Remove a 5 amp fuse from the fusebox and the car can no longer track you, though it does disable some features in the higher spec infotainment systems.
Really.. Do you carry a cell phone?? 😂😂😂
@@jpnewman1688 If he drives over the speed limit to pass another vehicle, his phone won't track that but his car will. If his car's data is sold to an insurance company, those most likely to buy the information, his rates could be affected.
@@troy.peters so you think the smart phones that people carry everywhere know less than the cars?? 😂😂
@@jpnewman1688 No, but an insurance company isn't likely to buy information from someone's phone when they get what they need from your car that is tracked.
@@troy.peters A phone can and does track your speed. They want to know when you're walking, driving, taking a bus, etc. It does affect what they should be advertising to you.
Finn here. I had wondered for a long time about your surname, the channel picture and all the finnish referencing license plates in your background and you just happened to answer it at the beginning of the video. I had thought "this guy must have lived a long time in the states, as I can't detect any finnish accent in him!". Anyways, cheers from Finland been enjoying the common sense takes on a variety of legal cases and will continue to do so!
The upper peninsula of Michigan where Steve is from, is full of Finnish people, and they take pride in being Finns. Northern lower Michigan, has more German and Dutch roots, but, at this point, a lot of us are a little of everything.
There is a very noticable percentage of scandinavians in most of the northern border US states, including, of course, Finnish Americans in Michigan.
Knew some Lehtos in the U.P., figured you were Finnish.
Well the video is Finnished now anyway! 🤔😈
@@theoztreecrasher2647😂
I work at a car dealership as a technician. If ever i bought a new car from my manufacturer I would unplug certain modules and antennas. Or pull out specific fuses....
Which ones?
@@franksaldana891 I would unplug the GPS antenna, and I would remove the fuse for the emergency call system. I would unplug the microphones for the voice control system. I would put tape over the cameras in the instrument cluster (these cameras are supposedly installed to monitor the movement of your eyes to discern your attention level).
Well, let us know details!
When buying a ‘07 Car from the General Mayhem back then , the first thing I did was to pull out the idiotic “On Star” module (though I hadn’t purchased the service) just in case…..
I don’t need that shit in my Vehicle!
With all the new surveillance crap (such as the mandated “Kill-switch”) I don’t for-see wasting my money on any new Car in the Future.
I remember several years ago, a couple of companies (in the U.S.) installed cell jammers to keep employees off their phones during work. They were each fined more than $120,000.
They should have just built a lead cube around the whole building
@@Spencer-wc6ew copper screen works better. home-made faraday cage! lol
@@Spencer-wc6ew Or just hire whatever planners designed government buildings before cell signals were considered. Desks near exterior windows become extremely popular.
True, but I guess you didn't read that all the companies but 1, appealed and won in court. The reason being that they handled credit card info.
@@brentlloyd7908 You're right. I didn't read that because it didn't happen.
From the FCC:
Signal jammers may not be lawfully used in the United States. The law says no one shall “willfully or maliciously interfere with or cause interference to any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized by or under this chapter or operated by the United States Government.” Moreover, jammers cannot be certified or authorized for use in the United States as their primary purpose is to block or interfere with authorized radio communications. This prohibition applies to the manufacture, import, sale, offer for sale, or shipping of jammers. The only exception is for certain limited, direct use by the United States government itself.
I just wrapped my car with aluminum foil
If I can’t see them they can’t see me
Wrong
I just close my eyes while driving......
i hope you bubblewrapped it first, 2 birds 1 stone.
Shielding is actually a trickier prospect than you might think. A surprising amount makes it through when it's not a perfectly closed conductive shell due to wire holes and such. Much more reliable just to burn out the antenna.
James bond has an invisible car.
I saw it.
The force is strong with this Jetta
I sensed a disturbance in the GPS.
When they say "GPS jammers are becoming a problem", what they really mean is, invading your privacy is becoming harder.
I must be Finnish at heart. MYOB is my life's theme. Recently we were driving through Milwaukee and then Chicago. Our GPS's both of our phones went whack-a-doodle for about 5-10 miles in each instance. My first thought was "jammer?", but I was picturing a satellite in space, not someone on the road next to me. Jam away jammers, I can use a map, and it is no one else's business where and when I am. Good video!
Funny thing about illegal jamming devices, they tend to be pretty bad at picking their ranges and levels. The simplest kind is basically a microwave oven with all the protective and focusing shielding removed. You want that where, exactly?
There was a guy in Florida that was using a jammer to jam cell signals so other drivers could not talk on their cell phones on Interstate 4, the cell service providers called the police and after several months they noticed a pattern and caught the guy. I do not think he got jail time, but the FCC fine was almost 50k.
$48k
"Its only okay when the government does it"
the cell providers help track him down, but it was the interfering with the airport operations that he passed twice a day that got him the fine.
@@deilapakserrion9927 that is probably a different guy. One - jammed GNSS signals (that interfered with airport equipment), outher one - jammed cellular connection signal.
@@B_Bodziak2 thousand extra in interest…😂!
The government will Never give you the option of not being tracked because they are the ones paying for it.
Thats not true
Comissioned with your money. But isnt just to track. Is military science ect, tracking is a residual ability somewhat of a exploit, like radio triangulation of cellphones. Nuclear power leading to weapons type deal, technology and science is always a pandoras box thing, hope for best, plan for worst. Gunpowder apparently was them looking for a life elixer lool some ppl can say it did bad, but fireworks, rocketry ect, so part of the arms race that is life. Jammers r a byproduct, ppl complaining is a byproduct, tbh most stuff here is isnt it? Plan ahead.
@@americanpirate2091 tax
Allowing it, as the social media companies pay the government. Donations, etc. 2025 starts the requirement for cars to more consistently track you, and if their AI thinks you are driving erratically, then it will shut down your car, and I assume summon police. Guilty until proven innocent, and even if you’re sober, will likely arrest you for dui and/or reckless driving. After all, government AI computers would never lie, and their programmers would ALWAYS be on the up and up.
Which government?
After I retired from engineering, I scratched a long term itch and opened a pair of BBQ and steak houses. This ran from 1995 til 2015. From the time of my opening, I operated a cell phone jammer in each restaurant. Being an engineer, I carefully measured the field strength to make sure it didn't penetrate the concrete block walls. Its existence gradually became known to my regulars. You would be surprised at how many patrons thanked me for providing a peaceful place to enjoy their meals. That I played Big Band and Swing music in the background also helped.
Unfortunately society has digressed to the point that I don't know where to go to have a nice quiet meal with friends. Sad.
I still believe that the onstar, even though not activated, can still track vehicles.
Doesn't matter ..all vehicles by all brands have tracking devices built in. Facts.
@@Davido50depends on the age of the car
I know several people who put their cell phones into a faraday bag as soon as they are in their car, and it's not removed until they are either at a destination they aren't concerned about, or are back home. If they go into a store, about half of them won't take their phone out of the bag until they are away from the store.
Similar to lead lined bags we used to use for film years ago?
You know another one now. ✋️
@@twinkyd.9166 is your car “wired for surveillance?” I am sure you have dealt with that?
Or you know, turn it off, or put in airplane mode.
@@arribaficationwineho32 No. Lead and faraday cages (bags) are two entirely different beasts. Lead is for blocking ionizing radiation. It's not gonna do shit to a cell signal.
lol, I was about to send you an article on some Florida guy from 10 years ago where he used a cell phone jammer on his way to and from work to prevent drivers around him from using their phones. He got fined $48k.
Yeah if he got in an accident, lotta peeps gonna be kinda fucked.
Feds had an entire task force set up for him 😂
I read abt people buying those overseas and using them in public places to block people braying into their cell phones.
IIRC, his jammer disrupted aviation navigation at an airport he passed twice a day. That will raise some hackles!
But it also calls into question relying on a GPS system so fragile that a "box o' hack" bought on E-Bay can shut it down.
If you leave it active too long, the cell companies suddenly work together to triangulate the zone and suddenly, an unmarked white van begins circling the target area while local law enforcement units are nearby awaiting the signal to swarm.
We need the kind of protections that you mentioned for cars, for computer operating systems and internet browsers. I recently installed Portmaster on my PC and was stunned by the number of previously unknown communications (literally hundreds) that Windows, Chrome, and many other programs made out to other servers on the internet. And this is after I had already opted out of everything that I knew to.
Thanks for your description...👍🙏
Nothing to worry about really. Mostly just competitive financial metrics on websites used for search engine optimization
A locksmith who had decades in the USAF flew into Turkey. At customs the Turkish customs officers pen quit working. The customs officer then reached up and grabbed the pen from the locksmiths pocket. Instantly the locksmith said you can keep this one and managed to get his other pen back. That pen was full of custom lock picks.
Your story has tons of holes in it. It makes no sense
@@Moon_Presenceit does if you know Intel agencies
Hide his lock picking tools in a pen that a cop “ borrowed “
He quickly gave the cop a working pen before he found out that he was smuggling
@@Moon_Presence Made sense to me. 🤷♂
@@Moon_Presence It does if you live long enough. I was shocked they had a law in florida against having pot in a cigar tube. You would think just having pot would be enough law.
"Cheese it, the fuzz" ... Jimmy Cagney? " Youuu dirty rats"
It's curtains for you, Muggsy, curtains!
Don't know about cheese it but the term fuzz was coined in the 60's.
Come and get me "SCREWS"
@@robertprelewitz4511 "screws" were prison guards.....
@@ghz24 The term fuzz was around in the 1930s. It became popular again in the 60s.
I always appreciate people who go against injustices or annoyances by looking at things a little laterally. Often, it's not enough to try and stop people tracking or using your data. You can simply make sure the data they get is useless, or wreck it for them somehow.
I'm all for it. Granted I'm British so we have stronger data protection over here, than say the US, but even so, I find it annoying to get bombarded with ads or mail that I have no interest in.
Well sadly you'd get more personalized ads if those protections weren't there, however I'd rather have the protections. Just another reason to buy a flipper zero as it can do everything you said. I need to buy a group of them before they are banned.
no... you just have better liars... they all do the same thing.
Do you have a "loicence" for that tele?
@@TalkingGIJoe Way to miss the point. We DO have better protections, demonstrably so. That does not mean the proliticians are good does it? Learn to do basic logic,
@@kurtvanluven9351 Sure, we have a shitty TV licence but that's a non sequitur isn't it? That doesn't change the fact we DO have better data protection and consumer rights laws here versus the US. Please learn to make a cogent argument.
A long time ago in a state far far away, when the personnel jammers first came out, my buddy bought one. We would drive around and when we saw someone on the phone driving we would activate it. So what is more illegal, a distracted driver or stopping the distracted driver?
He also used to brin it to the movie theaters and prevent the other menace of society the phone jabbering movie goer.
Someone we knew once got mad at him for doing this and said "what if there was an emergency and someone really needed to contact me."
He responded, "people have been going to movies for 30 years before cell phones without that problem."
In most cases, the tracking begins before you accept the terms of service and continues even if you never do. It's basically a button to show the next screen not a request for permission.
The GPS antenna plugs into the back of the entertainment center. The windscreen-mounted antenna contains some electronics, as well as the antenna; unplugging it will prevent the GPS receiver from getting any data, and will disable any tracking, but the rest of the radio will still work normally.
how many peoplr can do that without damaging something else or having to open some seal that the dealer will declare the warranty void ecause you tampered with their ability to spy on you
Just don’t be that guy who parked it near an airport and ended up jamming air traffic control
Sounds like a "them problem." If these are the lengths we are driven to to preserve our privacy, then I guess rhey had better stop doing it. Sounds like their criminality is getting dangerous.
@@CapnSnackbeardguy ended up having to pay a fine because he wanted silence during his lunch break. It was $30k if I remember correctly.
Considering their average range is barely 200ft I dont think that will be an issue
I bet you this is a short-lived issue I would suspect in a few years maybe even now you could get a GPS jammer that would only affect your vehicle
It did happen @@Thewineandme
What everyone seems to be missing here is that for a couple hundred bucks or less it's possible to jam GPS signals in a wide enough area to confuse enemy drones or other weaponry guided by GPS.
With cars, it seems a better idea in areas where a jamner is illegal, or just in general might be to find the antenna the GPS reciever uses and either disconnect it, or shield it with a faraday cage to render the GPS receiver inop.
If your company car has a tracker never disable/remove it, only obscure the signal. Its a big red flag when it completely drops off. That being said be aware most vehicles now have 2 different spots they send and receive from. One is usually the "shark fin/puck" on top. The other is usually a backup 3g/4g located inside the dash.
Why wouldn't you use the WiFi when they give you a free hot spot with such a strong signal?
In the late 1980s. Los angeles Dwp sent people out to hand out circular florescent lamps to reduce load. When you turned them on. Channel 5 vanished from the Tv. This is before HDTV.
I remember those days, neighbors with super CB radios would mess our three channels up, and we could sometimes hear the conversation.
Funny thing about scanners. I know a cop who knocked on a suspected loud music player's door. When the dude opened his door, the cop cued his radio. The cop heard the scanner chirp in the guy's house. He wrote him a summons to court for the illegal use of the scanner to avoid the cops. The dude, turns out, used the scanner at his parties to hear when the police were called to his residence. The cops got eise to this and swapped over to a tactical encrypted channel to put the call out to his house. When the cop got there he did the radio chirp to bust the guy using the scanner.
My little portable HAM radio picks up all the State Police and dispatch comms. They're too cheap to go encrypted - sending full names, DOB, address, vehicle make, model & plate number in the clear.
Ham operators can legally have police scanners in a vehicle
Thank you.
I would like to opt out of gps devices and all the sensors that shut down my car and cost $1200 or more in labor to replace a $50 part.
I have worked on laboratory equipment with all the bells and whistles that was down 93 % of the time. Without that technology it would have been operational 93%
of the time. This is crazy!
I recently watched a Toyota dealer here on YT explaining the new info-tainment system and you are absolutely correct about having to sign up for at least a trial subscription to their Toyota Connect service for all the GPS functions to work. It doesn't sound like Toyota is selling the information. It is more that Toyota wants to track the usage of the vehicle so they can see how it is used and remind the owner when the vehicle needs service so that they can sell the owner that service.
To my way of thinking about it the cars computer can remind me to get the oil changed or to install a new air filter without my car having to phone home to the manufacturer.
Actually, you can look into the owners' manual and follow the maintenance schedule yourself. Most maintenance items are fairly simple. I wouldn't go over 5,000 miles on an oil and filter change, regardless of what the manual says, if you want your engine to last. The problem is, you might have to get a scan tool to turn off the idiot light, if the computer reminds you, but can't detect when it has been done.
@@dr.a.w Usually there is a way to turn off the light without a special tool, but it tends to be very counterintuitive and a PITA.
For my car I have to turn the ignition on, but not start the car, then tap a button twice and depress the gas pedal 5 times within 10 seconds.
@@dr.a.w The point is that in order to get the full functionality of hardware that you paid for you have to sacrifice your privacy and allow Toyota to not only remind you but market their services to you. We value our privacy. That is the reason my wife won't have Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant in our home.
@@dr.a.w
Honestly, if you don't beat your car regularly around a race track, the 5000mls oil change schedule is bs.
I drive since 1997 and change my oil yearly or every 10000 to 15000 miles with zero issues. In general I keep my cars for around 5 to 6 years, with my Lexus I have now will becoming my exception as I plan to run it till they ban petrol.
They make GPS jamming detectors. After I had read a story about truckers using them in the US, I contemplated buying one and sitting on an overpass to see how many vehicles are running GPS jammers.
All new cars sold in the EU are fitted with an eCall device. It's basically an embedded mobile phone. Technically, it's supposed to be only used to contact emergency services in case of an accident. It can be used to locate you but also communicate with you. While it is mandatory for manufacturers to install it, some allow for it to be disabled. That's an "opt-out" situation and not all manufacturers provide this service.
The coolest thing about the internet is that it makes the world so "small" you can talk to other people all over the world from your own living room.
Ever hear of a telephone?
You think it's a real person?? 😂😂
Are you making a point?
lame comment of the day
I'm content with just keeping the car manufacturer from tracking me. Since 2002, I have removed or disconnected the factory GPS antenna or related modules inside the cars. The most difficult one was a Mercedes 3 years ago. To get to it, I had to completely unbolt the entire dashboard(without removing it from the car) to reach behind it to move a module that connected to the GPS antenna, as well as the cellular connection. When I returned it at lease end, I had to do it again to reconnect everything. :) On the BMW that I just bought, it was much easier, as the related modules are actually visible once the center console and infotainment screen are taken out. ( also prevents logging of driving data such as acceleration, braking, yaw rate, fuel consumption and engine runtime)
do a vid on how to do it, or link to instructions
I appreciate them using the bright orange connector on the airbag module so it is easy to see and disconnect.
I don't see how you will disable anti lock brakes on these electric cars, so won't be getting one.
How can there be a GPS antenna in a 2002 car?
@@mikesolns1364 the Command system inside my old 2002 Mercedes AMG C32 (selling it was one of the biggest mistakes of my life, when it comes to cars )
Just pull the fuse if you can live without your entertainment center. Make sure you get the right one.
Very interesting, and unsurprising! I totally agree that the seeming total loss of privacy is a huge social issue, and is something which needs to be focused upon in greater detail.
This brings to mind my (late) friend Jody who drove truck during the early days of proprietary GPS and routing systems such as the Qualcomm terminals. These were in some ways the great grandfather of the current ELD devices. These had a dome on the top of the truck, approximately the size of a half basketball. It also connected to the truck engine ECM. Jody figured out that if he placed a small metal pail over the dome, and disconnected the ECM signal, the truck was able to be driven without the knowledge of the trucking company. He would visit friends around the country who were "off route" out of bounds from where he was allowed to drive the truck. This was easy since all he had to do was stop at a plausible overnight rest point, cover up the dome and unhook the ECM signal; then go on a side-trip. He would then return to the place where he covered up the dome, and uncover it and reconnect the ECM signal. According to the company, the truck was stopped there with the engine off, the whole time. Not saying I agree with cheating, just telling the story as I remember it. This game has been ongoing for a long time and will continue as long as people feel that their privacy is being curtailed in an unfair manner.
CAPITALISTS at All Costs believe they are entitled to our info. My simple free VPN takes care of that. All my advertisements are geared to if I live in the VPN's location while I live 3 time zones over. 😂😂
Unfortunately it's likely the free VPN is also selling your browsing data
4:40 Mika Häkkinen and Kimi Räikkönen's press conferences demonstrated the typical Finn's enthusiasm for privacy.
As Rifleman Cooper said to Lt. Richard Sharpe, "It's very hard to trust a man who wants to borrow your pick-lock, sir."
Love Finland. Visited there twice in one year for summer and winter. Amazing the stillness and silence in the winter night up north.
Good to hear Finns standing up for their privacy. I wish more people knew about this. I remember when it started and the initial controversy of it which was quickly subdued through simply ending the discussion. Otherwise why isn’t this utilized for locating missing vehicles?? For some good instead of just data and profit.
it was never for good or benefit of vehicle owners it is 100% for good and profit of carmakers and other forms.of corporate greed
you will own nothing and like it the motto of the republican party
I had to put your Finland bus stop claim to the test. I went on google maps street view to a string of bus shelters outside of a train station in Helsinki. Sure enough, it was one couple (that were together) per entire bus shelter. Tried to compare to the US but nobody was waiting for a bus.
The people in the US gave up and walked!
Nah, we just drive in big SUVs and trucks, that's why. @@pygmywarrior3 😁
Google Maps removes people and cars now in the U.S.
Look at an interstate Highway and you will see that it's empty of cars.
Only cars permanently parked in a parking lot will show up.
I can see why you might think that's what's going on but I don't think that's actually what is going on. Recently I ran into a StreetView car 3 times in a week in my town and I keep checking to see if they updated the footage. I believe they just do it at lower traffic times of the day.@@GalaxyFur
The police scanner thing has an exception for amateur radio operators in those states that ban them since ham radio operators use them during emergency ops like natural disaster response and the like. The ARRL usually launches lawyers when these bills pop up in various state and/or federal legislatures.
And most of the time the police scanner ban only takes effect "when in the commission of a crime."
The only thing that should be illegal is not informing the customer that their vehicle is tracking them and not being given the option to turn it off.
I have read reports where on newer GM vehicles that the tracking is sent through a cell phone signal (even if you don't subscribe to any service) and that you can locate the circuit board (which is hard to get to, likely hard on purpose) and disable the cell phone transmitter board by cutting the power to it or disconnecting the antenna connection at the board. Doing this does not disable the GPS and it will work the same, what it does disable is the ability for your car to send out any tracking information (and it also keeps onstar from working if that is important to you). I understand Ford and other companies have different providers but a similar setup.
GM has always made anything difficult to get to. Every time I have worked on a GM product, it seems like there is at least one fastener you can't see and can barely get a tool on.
On many GMs it was in the rear parcel tray by the left (when facing front of car) speaker. It's easy to disconnect.
@@N4CR Thanks, I believe I have read that, but I will have to do more research as mine is a Colorado Pickup truck.
Considering companies like GM have GPS trackers and sell your data.. these devices need to be proliferated at scale.
They can cause serious problems for other people in your vicinity. In some cases, landing airplanes have been affected by a jammer.
You can disable the GPS on your own stuff. You don't have to jam everyone else's stuff.
@@mqb3gofjzkko7nzx38yeah there should be a wire somewhere to cut
@@brianorcaNot sure how that’s his problem
@@mqb3gofjzkko7nzx38No, it's hardwired in cars and most people can't disable it.
Steve, you won't ever read this, but I hiked 4 miles at Ricketts Glen, Pa and my Rockrooster boots with Vibrim soles were the greatest things since fork-split English muffins. I really appreciate that ad you did. I DO NOT watch ads for anyone. I did for you.
I was invited to Marquette for the 4th of July and it snowed. The worst was my friends told me we were just eat local food. Patsy, burnt everything inside of burnt bread. But I do like to feel a leaving Wisconsin and being in a state freedom loving as Michigan❤
Nice Three Dog Night nod.
Hoyt Axton. He was to 3 dog night what JJ Cale was to Clapton.
I am a huge fan of the lockpickin Lawyer. And have been a avid picker for 5 years, because of him and Bosanin Bill. Great video.
He (and Bosnian Bill) inspired me to try lock picking. I got fairly good at it but carpal tunnel syndrome ended my hobby.
@@machintelligence I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel quite some number of years ago (let's just say more than 10 and leave it there)... I was given some treatment options but the doctor mentioned that if I took up weight lifting as a hobby the carpal tunnel might just go away on its own. So I did, and I've not had to worry about carpal tunnel since. I also have been known to pick locks that I own in my spare time.
@@TysonJensen Thanks. That might be worth a try. Exercises seem to have some effect in moderating the problem, but have not eliminated it.
good luck!@@machintelligence
the issue isnt the jamming but the data collection, but see which gets cracked down on first.
It is a problem because jamming means no one else around him can use gps either.
@@Tugela60 ah yeah. I agree honestly. It's just one is a symptom of the other.
Well data harvesting caused a GPS jammer those companies should get sued then
@@patrickday4206 No, paranoia caused the jammers. The people spreading the paranoia should be arrested and jailed IMO.
The police have cell jammers in there cruisers here . If a marked car comes in your neighbor hood your cell signal goes to 1 bar or less
🎶 I always feel like somebody's watching me🎶.... Rockwell
I wonder who's watching me now? Who? The IRS?
@@1dirkmanchestit's the masters you VOTED for repeatedly.. 😂😂
@@jpnewman1688 You know a fellow Dem when you see one. See ya at the meetings.
@@1dirkmanchest really.. You think I play the STUPID game of VOTING for gangsters to be my masters?? 😂😂
@@jpnewman1688 me neither
I didn’t write the song and I don’t want high taxes.
How refreshing that your parents learned English. Contrast that with many recent “newcomers” who live here for decades and refuse to do that but instead expect the country to accommodate them.
I remember reading a sci-fi short story (this is in 1980s--sorry, can't remember author/title. In Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, I think) in which a "lunatic" had created a device to jam the phones/communications of people on a public bus. He was, of course, arrested, and interviewed by police. Why would someone do such a horrible thing? His explanation about people having to talk to others in person, relating to one another on a personal level was taken as proof of his madness. Because of his confession, he was off to prison or a mental institution, and the story concluded with the interviewer speculating on what a bizarre world it would be in which people weren't in constant, empty pointless contact with people.... What a world!
The problem with any law that allows opt-out is that the company will simply not offer the service when you do. So, you didn't want to be tracked? No navigation. Or no updates. Or no infotainment system at all. Etc. That already happens. Look at many consumer protection laws which all have clauses in the contract you sign that waive them. And if you don't sign? Then no car, no computer, no widget, no service.
Didn’t stop Garmin. That’s a case where you buy into a service.
Buy a very old car, There are tools you can buy online to also see if someone put one on your car, maybe an ex-partner,etc. ex boyfriend.
Faraday Caging and focal jamming can handle all of this without interference.
Isn't a steel body car kind of a faraday cage already?
if you know where the antennae is....
yeah, jammers is another story though, bad idea on using jammers, be like driving a tank on a highway
Privacy is a human right. F*ck the Nanny State!!!!!
*looks at bill of rights*
There it is! #4! Right there! Get the digital roofies out of my car and phone!
Not nanny state...surveillance state.
@@DonoVideoProductionssurveillance state offering safety in exchange for freedom
@@TurdFergusen There is no safety offered by social media companies whatsoever. There is no safety offered by automakers tracking your movements. They are simply making money off of people.
@@DonoVideoProductions youre right… “the promise of safety” is more fitting… even though its a lie, but people buy it
Great video - as usual, Steve! Love the shout-out to the Lock Picking Laywer. It always delights me when there is cross-over that I know about
Denver police arrested & charged my brother in the early 2000s for being in possession of burglary tools. He had a flat head screw driver. He just accepted the charge because he was an ignorant poc and believes you can't win.
Ty for talking about this. It caught my attention because I have a very abusive ex husband who has put something on my car and tracks me and messages me strings of messages taunting me with where I went (even if just Kroger) and can somehow hear my conversations too. I've had mechanic shops look and they did find something strange connected to the blue tooth, removed it, but he can still track and spy on me. I don't want to mess up anyone else's cars or devices, I just want my human rights supported. No one should be tracked without their permission, unless of course its punitive like house arrest or something. Stalker laws and supporting victims of stalking are way behind where they should be.
Law abiding citizens are so up to a point. If they are harmed by a crime against them, they may defend themselves by committing a crime of their own. The breach of trust between them and society, the breaking of the social contract from their point of view, opens the possibility of acting outside of the law. In these jammer cases, some people feel undignified, humiliated, controlled, and abused because they are being tracked, being treated like a criminal in house arrest even though they did not break a law. Society has failed to protect them from this breach of human rights. Seeing no legal remedy, they take matters into their own hands.
You are looking at it all wrong. You can't break the law, when there are no laws ! The law needs to apply to everyone equally or it applies to no one !!! When those who's job is to make laws and those who sit in judgment of those laws and those who prosecute those laws and those who enforce those laws are all immune from the law, then THERE ARE NO LAWS !!!!
Finland here (and long time viewer) The issue as said is it can interfere with emergency vehicles and other users, we also have issues near the border with Russians using electronic warfare and testing them near military areas
Years ago that was a valuable selling point. We can find you in an emergency.
Steve, You say you've never been to Spain, but have you been to Oklahoma?
Yeah nice little Three Dog Night he did drop in there.
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They tell me I was born there, but I really don't remember.
I kinda like the music. They say the ladies are insane there.
Great band.❤
From what I understand up here in Canada particularly in the Toronto Ontario area. It is not illegal to own or listen to or put it in your vehicle. It’s not illegal to do that but it is illegal if you use the scanner during the commission of a crime that’s an added charge or something to that effect. As always, I enjoy your videos. Thank you for posting.
Just spoke to a guy I know who works for a dealership selling cars. For certain cars you could order a new one without the mapping & gps (just like you could get a stick shift if you wanted one) and you could just pull the fuse on the emergency satellite phone.
If some cars have a GPS tracking unit put on so they can find the car if you don't pay, you may have to put down more and have a better credit score, but that's just my speculation because I did not ask him about that.
You should be opted out automatically and have to opt in if you want it and it should be clear and up front what services won't work until you opt in before you buy or obtain the item. On a far fetched comparison, it is like food companies having to list the ingredients in a package or can and write it terribly small and on colors where it is hard read.
You touched on the subject of being paid for my data every person should be paid for their data no company should be allowed to take your data without paying you for it
So you think Facebook and Google, etc.. exist for free and for the good of society?? 😂😂
I know that "Moi, moi!" Means "Hi!" in Finnish. I heard two people speaking Finnish in Whole Foods (I'm a polyglot.) I said, "Moi, moi!" They looked surprized and annoyed, "Who are you? What do you want? How are you knowing Finnish?" "I'm an American and speak several languages. I'm just saying 'hi" ... what's wrong?" ...
There's a YT where some guy was using a jammer on his work truck for these exact same reasons. Unfortunately, unknown to him on his daily trips he passed close to an airport and he was jamming the GPS data their ILS base station used to assist with landing planes. Suffice to say, he was eventually caught and it didn't go well for him.
If I ever buy another car, it's going to be a 1978 Honda CVCC. So, no problem. Plus, you can have a car stereo with knobs.
been there done that. No AC, AM radio...
I owned a bright orange 1975 Honda CVCC. Bought new, it was a great little car until it rusted out after 13 years. Traded it in for a 1988 4-door Mazda 323 hatchback which lasted for 19 years [I'd paid the dealership for additional undercoating & rustproofing]. My wife & I currently drive a low-mileage 2007 Honda Fit that she inherited from an aunt. Best car so far - more power up hills, better handling, great sound system, etc etc.
someone should specialize in retro vehicles
@@curiousbystander9193 I'll take just about anything without a touch screen.
@@jrb_sland You can't go wrong with a Honda.
During Obumers presidency, Feds passed a law requiring that all new cars have GPS tracking & it's a felony to turn off, remove or block the signal of those devices in your car. Starting in 2030 or 2035, all new cars must also have a kill program in the GPS tracking system that law enforcement can activate by satellite that turns off your cars engine.
States like CA, WA & NY & DC have already started tracking vehicles in their states with this system, Feds used it after Jan 6th.
The only option is to buy a car that was built before 2015 & has a out data GPS system or doesn't have one at all.
It's funny that people worry about business selling their buying & traveling data to marketing companies, who will use the info to offer you products & services that better fit your needs, but seem not to worry about their governments tracking that data, governments that will use that data against you, both criminally & civilly.
Thanks Steve for letting me know about this. Going right now to get one. 😊
Don't use one anywhere near an airport. You might do some research on it before actually using it.
They're illegal to own. Tick off the wrong people and you're looking at fines in the 5-digits left of the decimal point.
Become ungovernable!
The Finns live next door to Russia. Of course they don't want to be tracked!
General Motors sells vehicle telemetry, supposedly without location. Insurance companies buy the data and use it to jack up insurance premiums. For instance, non-regenerative braking is classified as "hard braking" and raises the cost of buying insurance.
they sell the location had it twice with co cars going back 15 yrs.
General Motors sells ..... And somehow they are not even next door to Russia ...
So my right to privacy is not as important as commercial signals. Yeah we have gone completely insane.
10:05: Finland's population is about 5.6 million people. By comparison, Los Angeles County has a population of about 9.5 million people.
How is that relevant?
@@conchobarit was nothing more than a more accurate detail on the population of Finland in comparison to a large american metropolitan area, as steve stated
He did Not say Los Angeles
“Cheese it” lololol. Not before My time!! I was surprised, and delighted, to hear you say it. 🤗