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Yup, and anyone with a heartbeat figured that out at some point in the last 20 years. Yet the article also says

> Not having GPS or data (or hidden microphones or cameras) also makes your vehicle feel more private, obviously.

I can't exclude the possibility that the author is a moron, but I suspect it's just outrage-bait. Like that whole article.

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For vehicles with an inbuilt cellular connection like OnStar or Starlink or any of the myriad of other systems like them, the vehicle will regularly phone home your GPS fix from time to time and there is no way to turn it off. I think this is what the author was trying to get at but phrased it poorly due to it being sort of a technicality.

How?

Escape channel is called internet, not GPS. Obviously if your car has Internet and GPS, it can do it.

But if you had only starlink dish on your car, without GPS, I wouldn't be surprised if it was technically possible to track location to some degree of accuracy.

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