How bad is Android Auto for privacy on a stock Pixel phone. What can the car and car vendor get access to.

  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I think this has something to do with how networking works.

    When connected wireless to my car with a VPN active on my phone, my phone won’t connect to my cars WiFi network to initiate the android auto connection.

    When connected by USB with VPN active on my phone it’s not issue, android auto connects and my VPN is active.

    I remember seeing someone smarter explain this a lot better online somewhere then I can at the moment. But simply trying to connect wireless with a VPN active will not work.

    • 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 days ago

      This. Some convenience features simply don’t play well with non-standard setups and that’s fine IMHO. Of course wireless android auto cannot work if you manually overruled how your phone should connect to networks