True, although I have some hope -- people have been disabling the onstar hardware in cars for decades and I assume this kind of thing will expand as these systems become even more invasive.
The solutions will probably have to advance. I assume the first stage will be just unplugging the telematics ECU (Electronic Control Unit). Then the automakers will get wise, and punish the driver if that ECU is offline (reduce/remove some unrelated features). Then we'll have to make hardware that plugs into the telematics and gps antenna connectors that acts like a man in middle to ensure only the minimum (and possibly fake) data is received by the ECU. Then they'll probably add something that calls home every so often and requires a valid response to know everything is ok... etc.
The solutions will probably have to advance. I assume the first stage will be just unplugging the telematics ECU (Electronic Control Unit). Then the automakers will get wise, and punish the driver if that ECU is offline (reduce/remove some unrelated features). Then we'll have to make hardware that plugs into the telematics and gps antenna connectors that acts like a man in middle to ensure only the minimum (and possibly fake) data is received by the ECU. Then they'll probably add something that calls home every so often and requires a valid response to know everything is ok... etc.