how to disable the DCM/Telematics unit in the car

Toyota already has their own though. You get Marketing emails from Toyota. You opt out and they just change the name to transactional emails that cannot be disabled. They even include the same, useless, marketing opt out link.

 

@shouser :Cool.

 

Polk County Texas man Phil Sify is taking Toyota to court over excessive data collection:

 

Sorry to resurrect this.

Does changing the URL have the same net effect as disconnecting the DCU and jumping the leads? That is, is the car unable to communicate to upload -OR- download information at all? Or is this just an interim measure to take before disabling the DCU? Will I, for instance, have normally functioning GPS that receives traffic updates, ads for gas stations and fast food, etc.? Or will I need a stand-alone dumb (e.g., off-line) GPS unit for navigation?