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Comment by ldayley | Hacker News Reader

True to HN form the proposed remedies tend to be technical in nature (though not necessarily wrong). This is another one of those problems best rectified with legal protections, not blog posts about how to disconnect the antennas. At the state level (in the US) it would be manageable to pass laws limiting or banning these practices, and that should be the first response. Of course backing that up with technical workarounds doesn’t hurt, either…

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I didn't see a blog post with instructions on how to remove the antennas. Got one? I'd love to do this. I'd love even more to pay a mechanic to do this but I'm not even sure what I'm asking for. I think there are 3 two way radios in my car, Sirius and 2 cellular modems from what I can glean from the user's manual. It's a 6 month old $50k car; asked about it on a subreddit and someone said it would probably void my warranty - fucking awesome.

Legal protections would be nice, but I'd like to stop being stalked _immediately_.

I will assume removing the radios, or modifying them would indeed void the warranties. On the other hand if the radios were blocked, without direct manipulation (i.e. Faraday cage-ish ideas) if the connectivity fails, is warranty void?

An alternative would be to use something Ms Fried built in 2006[0], but more specific. Come to think of it... this might be a small business idea...

[0]http://ladyada.net/make/wavebubble/index.html

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