There's not much you can do other than turning off all the radios the car has to enable data upload. Many older Nav systems use Sirius for traffic alerts (my wife's 2018 Ford does this), so you may still be able to use the built-in nav. But all other wifi and cellular connections need to be turned off, if the car gives you that option.
The problem is that many cars have undocumented connectivity that you can't turn off. That's why my two cars are from 2002 and 1995 ;).
Xavier Ashe :donor:
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