Originally Posted by Quattro Pete
Originally Posted by LoneRanger
I am *so* glad my F150 does NOT have the modem. I confirmed that it is not equipped. Aww... no remote start. That's fine w/ me. No real time snooping of my driving habits either.
If I'm not mistaken, if you have Sync, then you already have all the mobile hardware (modem) on-board. Just because you did not purchase the mobile plan subscription doesn't mean that Ford isn't currently using it to send some data about your vehicle back to corporate.
Isn't it just 4G LTE now? Even so in the future, once 5G is everywhere, it'd be extremely unlikely because without the subscription, Ford would have to be paying for the monthly cellular data plan themselves.
I suppose a paranoid person could worry that it would operate in an opportunistic wifi mode and send data over wifi once it finds an open access point, but it's pretty easy to scan a vehicle to see if there's a wifi signal operating.