Does anyone know about the legality of removing the built-in sim cards from your car, specifically in Australia?

I don’t intend on using any car smart-features when I get one. For context, I’ve never owned a car. When I do get one though, I intend to remove the sim card to prevent the car’s location from being constantly tracked. All I care about in terms a cars functionality is a radio, a CD drive (Yes, I use CD’s), and Bluetooth audio, so I don’t think removing the sim card should affect this much, if at all. Any knowledge and advice would be appreciated, thankyou!

Update: What I was referring to is an eSim, which appears not to be in the form of a physical card. Even so, if possible, I would like to disable the functionality of this eSim assuming the car I purchase has one in-built. From my research, I cannot find anything that explicitly forbids disabling or removing Sims.

  • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    Tesla allow you to opt out of all connectivity

    It means you would have no maps, no driver assist, no Internet radio

    Anyway if you buy a car it is yours. The worst you can do is break the contact for whatever services are provided by the connectivity. You are allowed to modify a car however you like

    Tesla don’t support CD. You’d need to rip those to mp3 and keep them on your phone to play over Bluetooth

    • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      You are allowed to modify a car however you like

      I’m pretty sure that’s not the case. Like, even if we are not taking about adding a badly welded 4 wheel attachment without the use of a trailer hook, the car will have to go through technical inspection every few years.
      If the inspectirs deem that a non-functional such system is a problem, you’ll not be driving your car anywhere.

      • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        If your modification makes it unroadworthy, you might not be allowed to drive it on public roads

        If your modification changes its structure you may need certification that it is still roadworthy

        I’m not seeing a case where you’re restricted by law from modifying the car

        Software has special legal protections. You can stop it working with impunity, you can break it with impunity, you cannot legally defeat security on the software. Corey Doctorow calls the software protections “felony contempt of business model”