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Is there a way to disable this? Does it report though android auto? Is there a way to prevent those packets sending?
Varies widely. In Toyota’s you call via the SOS button, have your VIN and they can do it. There are also other direct ways like pulling the Mayday fuse to disconnect the “Data Connection Module” (DCM) but that takes the microphone with it.
Some older vehicles that have 3G radios might not have been disconnected explicitly but are as good as dead because 3G as they knew it is gone.
It does not report via Android Auto since these vehicles have their own cellular radios, but not to say Google has its own metrics.
Your best bet is looking for a car/make-specific forum or subreddit and see if anyone’s asked the questions before while ignoring the “nothing to hide, you have a phone lol” clowns.
I was going through a reddit post that asked a question how to remove network on a Tesla model 3 and they were all like "I've got nothing to hide" "you're cheating on your wife" etc. However, I did find some schematics and there are guides on youtube.
https://olegkutkov.me/2021/06/10/tesla-model-3-us-lte-modem-replacement-and-some-reverse-engineering/
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/attachments/tesla-model-3-sim-replacement-guide-pdf.563266/
The car has a cellular connection and whoever manufacturers the car probably pays for it.
How to disable? Probably not without breaking something else. You could at best block the Connection with Lead foil but you'd have to find where it was. You might lose all Connection though - Bluetooth, FM/AM
If it's not through android auto, I'm fine just connecting though a hardwired USBC to my phone.