We are being tracked by our cars

[sdskinner73]

I must bore all cameras that watch me because I don't do anything of interest. AND I know how to say "No" to all the advertising that comes my way. There must be a lot of useless information out there.

“This psycho just goes to work and back everyday!”

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[terkoiz]

I don't want or need any of the GPS/telematics "benefits" on my manual transmission equipped 2022 Mustang, so I replaced the two-lead Shark Fin antenna with a smaller single-lead puck style antenna. It's a simple ten-minute swap, the hardest part for my old bones was crawling in the back seat to access the fastener and unclip the electrical connector.

I like it, whats the part number for the puck style one?

 

[geep81]

No one can track me out here, there’s zero cell service or ALPRs, yet. Should I feel bad?

If your phone was on at any point on your trip up it pinged cell towers and they can easily see roughly where you are, and looker harder from there.

This has nothing to do with settings on your phone you can turn off. If you have a cell phone you are being tracked 10000 times worse than your Mustang is tracking you.

 

[geep81]

“This psycho just goes to work and back everyday!”

“This WHITE psycho just goes to work and back everyday!”

“This BLACK psycho just goes to work and back everyday!”

“This BROWN psycho just goes to work and back everyday!”

“This VELOCITY BLUE psycho just goes to work and back everyday!”

Am I talking racism or talking car colors, who knows not even me.

 

[2020 MagneticPP1]

“This VELOCITY BLUE psycho just goes to work and back everyday!”

Am I talking racism or talking car colors, who knows not even me.

Those blue people in Avatar do go hard lol

 

[jheissjr]

Pretty sure the aerial moved to the sharkfin (it was in the wing pre-sharkfin)
Job 1 cars were in the rear wheel arch area, Job 2 cars were in the sharkfin.
The leads are coaxial, one for the GPS and one for cellular.
So if it had a sharkfin the cellular aerial would have been in it

On 2015 to 2018 -
GPS Antenna - Center dash, patch antenna inside the GPSM. No external antenna or coax.
Satellite Antenna - Coupe, roof. Convertible, trunk. Wired to ACM in the dash over coax. (Audio Control Module)
Bluetooth Antenna - Inside APIM. No external antenna.
FM antenna - Coupe, printed on rear window. Convertible, rear right pillar. Wired to ACM over coax.
Cellular Antenna - none
Wifi Antenna - none
TPMS Antenna - Inside RTM. Coupe rear trunk. Convertible trunk left wheel area. No external antenna.
Keyfob Antenna 1 - Center console. Wired to BCM with regular harness wire.
Keyfob Antenna 2 - Inside RTM. Coupe rear trunk. Convertible trunk left wheel area. No external antenna.
Body Proximity Antenna - Door handles.

Was the 2018 GPSM really replaced by a new module and a new external GPS antenna added to the satellite roof antenna? The roof module with two coax would be a satellite antenna and cellular antenna on a first guess.

 

[Gregs24]

On 2015 to 2018 -
GPS Antenna - Center dash, patch antenna inside the GPSM. No external antenna or coax.
Satellite Antenna - Coupe, roof. Convertible, trunk. Wired to ACM in the dash over coax. (Audio Control Module)
Bluetooth Antenna - Inside APIM. No external antenna.
FM antenna - Coupe, printed on rear window. Convertible, rear right pillar. Wired to ACM over coax.
Cellular Antenna - none
Wifi Antenna - none
TPMS Antenna - Inside RTM. Coupe rear trunk. Convertible trunk left wheel area. No external antenna.
Keyfob Antenna 1 - Center console. Wired to BCM with regular harness wire.
Keyfob Antenna 2 - Inside RTM. Coupe rear trunk. Convertible trunk left wheel area. No external antenna.
Body Proximity Antenna - Door handles.

Was the 2018 GPSM really replaced by a new module and a new external GPS antenna added to the satellite roof antenna? The roof module with two coax would be a satellite antenna and cellular antenna on a first guess.

We have no satellite requirement in Europe and all Ford cars have a sharkfin here now not just the Mustang.

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