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ILICKTACOS90 · Jan 21, 2022

Captqc said: ↑

That 84 was in my family from birth, until I sold it in 17. My brother bought it new, sold it to my son who sold it to my daughter who sold it to me. If was a family affair for sure.
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I have the perfect set up now after all my selling and buying. Have my badass 84 22r, my 2019 overlander, my ridiculous cummins and of course, my old v8 dodge ranch truck. All manuals, all 4wd. All simple to work on

Canadian Caber · Jan 21, 2022

Oh crap! IXNAY! IXNAY! move to chan XXX they're on to us! They have infiltrated our subnet. IP address compromised! I don't know about you but I'm going out to enjoy my truck.

Stocklocker · Jan 21, 2022

ILICKTACOS90[OP] said: ↑

Vacuum? 2017? Tis foreign these words. Did you mean no vacuum advance? And pre 1985? Haha
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Actual footage of Toyota monitoring the backup camera on my 2017:

dilbert · Jan 21, 2022

Stocklocker said: ↑

Actual footage of Toyota monitoring the backup camera on my 2017:

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I think I've tricked them...

Stocklocker · Jan 21, 2022

dilbert said: ↑

I think I've tricked them...

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Ahh yes! The front and back camera simultaneously mod gets them every time!

Since my 2017 only has one camera, I mounted it in the back seat to face the dashboard. This is actual footage of my head unit with the truck in reverse (Toyota Corporate has no idea what I’m up to).

ahkouchi · Jan 21, 2022

yup

ILICKTACOS90 · Jan 21, 2022

ahkouchi said: ↑

yup

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JGO · Jan 22, 2022

GrundleJuice said: ↑

Take off your tinfoil hat. You will be better off, I promise
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Google, Alexa, Siri and Face Book are your best friends, take them with you every where go. They want nothing but the very best for you.

GrundleJuice · Jan 22, 2022

JGO said: ↑

Google, Alexa, Siri and Face Book are your best friends, take them with you every where go. They want nothing but the very best ads for you.
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FTFY

FL_TRD Sport · Jan 22, 2022

Juisebocks · Jan 22, 2022

Slashaar said: ↑

@Juisebocks @Sear87 don your tinfoil hats fellas, join me in this rabbit hole.
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I mean, he's just holding a video interface card with a 512mb EPROM chip and an SDRAM chip. The camera interface chip labelled CA0013 is a dead giveaway. I'd be willing to bet it's tied into the CANBUS system in a way that over time it would throw codes if you removed it because it can't verify itself with the mothership.

But this isn't news. Telematics are also a way that car companies are still able to use DMCA laws to keep tuners from cracking software and completely taking over every editable variable known to man. Toyota can prove that tuners changing anything on the vehicle side might effect something "critical" that Toyo didn't intend and could affect their telematics communications, so they are allowed to protect themselves with DMCA laws because the code is still being used and actively worked on at Toyota. Live "safety" updates are one "feature" included in this bloatware.

Benny blanco · Jan 22, 2022

Saw this little guy, patiently waiting

JGO · Jan 22, 2022

GrundleJuice said: ↑

FTFY
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Thanks but it needed no fixing, everyone else understood.

wiljayhi · Jan 22, 2022

ILICKTACOS90[OP] initial post: ↑

I've stewed long enough to put together an initial thread. I am willing to go thru and take more pics if need be and show how I did this with out any issues. Most of it was simply following wires and using common sense. I'm already aware of the backlash I might get and I've come to terms with it so here goes. In my deep, dark, conspiracy riddled lair, I learned bad stuff. If you're adult enough to see reason amd logic, then in my garage, attached to my programmer, I stumbled across some interesting tidbits. I've seen the threads about big brother and all that, however, I actually put forth some effort to prove just that. Now for unwritten reason, I have left certain items out of picture that I will be mentioning. My truck is a 2019. I had her custom ordered for my birthday when I worked on the drilling rigs in North Dakota. If anyone here knows what roughnecks are like, you can only imagine what we do when we find ourselves without work. Covid gave me time to think and that's dangerous when you're a doer. This brings me to my project. I was building a new ecm from megasquirt and was going thru the factory ecm. I find a rabbit hole in the telematics department.. for the record I AM NOT TELLING ANYONE TO DO THIS that being said, feel free and prove me wrong. I'll place any amount on the table that you'll eat your words. This statement goes true with any vehicle from any manufacturer and its technically public knowledge if you know where to look. Ready? The ecm is NOT in charge of the vehicle. Sounds insane but it's true. The airbag module the brain behind the ecm and the bcm. In circuitry, you'll learn to look for sram and dram chips. You have all sorts of processor's and a maze of little roads leading to and from certain control points. I have found two things that stood out like a fat kid at a food bank. One, a satellite feed that has no link to the Navigation or radio. Where, praytell, does it lead? I followed it thru the harness to the srs system and from there it plugs into a reserve battery aka capacitor and a series of memory holding chips. This had me puzzled so I went thru all the modules and what do you know, it's recording more than what an accident would share i.e. the event data recorder. The microphone above your head, the camera both front and rear, even the wireless charger we love is collecting everything. I have since taken a random sampling of these 8 legged freaks (see pics) and have had them brought up on screen and it really is disturbing. When you disengage your blindspot monitoring or park assist or any factory safety feature, it feeds to a bank held in the mpx/bcm. From there, the network gateway which has high and low can, sends it to the dcm (entune) and it'll be sent out wirelessly and also saved. Any change in your insurance lately? How about the sudden jolt you took climbing over that obstacle in the trail? That sends a signal to the srs. It's stored there until another event sets it off. The jack and auxiliary input has a bouncer at the door as well. You plug in and that info is now stored. Some may like it or not care at all others may want this gone. The bottom line, even in the book that comes in the glovebox seldom ever do read, it doesn't tell you this. If anyone calls BS, that's fine. But at least do the work yourself to verify such a claim so you don't look like a fool. If this leads anywhere, I have been putting together some how to material to make your 3rd gen as great as the old ones. Remember, we all loved these trucks for the simplicity they loyally proved back in the day. They can still do that now. This is why my 84 hilux has 751k and still rolls.

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Well oil beef hooked!

GrundleJuice · Jan 22, 2022

JGO said: ↑

Thanks but it needed no fixing, everyone else understood.
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I understood, I just made it correct instead of sarcastically misleading.

outdoor frenzy · Jan 22, 2022

ILICKTACOS90[OP] initial post: ↑

I've stewed long enough to put together an initial thread. I am willing to go thru and take more pics if need be and show how I did this with out any issues. Most of it was simply following wires and using common sense. I'm already aware of the backlash I might get and I've come to terms with it so here goes. In my deep, dark, conspiracy riddled lair, I learned bad stuff. If you're adult enough to see reason amd logic, then in my garage, attached to my programmer, I stumbled across some interesting tidbits. I've seen the threads about big brother and all that, however, I actually put forth some effort to prove just that. Now for unwritten reason, I have left certain items out of picture that I will be mentioning. My truck is a 2019. I had her custom ordered for my birthday when I worked on the drilling rigs in North Dakota. If anyone here knows what roughnecks are like, you can only imagine what we do when we find ourselves without work. Covid gave me time to think and that's dangerous when you're a doer. This brings me to my project. I was building a new ecm from megasquirt and was going thru the factory ecm. I find a rabbit hole in the telematics department.. for the record I AM NOT TELLING ANYONE TO DO THIS that being said, feel free and prove me wrong. I'll place any amount on the table that you'll eat your words. This statement goes true with any vehicle from any manufacturer and its technically public knowledge if you know where to look. Ready? The ecm is NOT in charge of the vehicle. Sounds insane but it's true. The airbag module the brain behind the ecm and the bcm. In circuitry, you'll learn to look for sram and dram chips. You have all sorts of processor's and a maze of little roads leading to and from certain control points. I have found two things that stood out like a fat kid at a food bank. One, a satellite feed that has no link to the Navigation or radio. Where, praytell, does it lead? I followed it thru the harness to the srs system and from there it plugs into a reserve battery aka capacitor and a series of memory holding chips. This had me puzzled so I went thru all the modules and what do you know, it's recording more than what an accident would share i.e. the event data recorder. The microphone above your head, the camera both front and rear, even the wireless charger we love is collecting everything. I have since taken a random sampling of these 8 legged freaks (see pics) and have had them brought up on screen and it really is disturbing. When you disengage your blindspot monitoring or park assist or any factory safety feature, it feeds to a bank held in the mpx/bcm. From there, the network gateway which has high and low can, sends it to the dcm (entune) and it'll be sent out wirelessly and also saved. Any change in your insurance lately? How about the sudden jolt you took climbing over that obstacle in the trail? That sends a signal to the srs. It's stored there until another event sets it off. The jack and auxiliary input has a bouncer at the door as well. You plug in and that info is now stored. Some may like it or not care at all others may want this gone. The bottom line, even in the book that comes in the glovebox seldom ever do read, it doesn't tell you this. If anyone calls BS, that's fine. But at least do the work yourself to verify such a claim so you don't look like a fool. If this leads anywhere, I have been putting together some how to material to make your 3rd gen as great as the old ones. Remember, we all loved these trucks for the simplicity they loyally proved back in the day. They can still do that now. This is why my 84 hilux has 751k and still rolls.
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How else will they know how to contact us when our trucks extended warranty needs renewed?

CygnusX191 · Jan 22, 2022

outdoor frenzy said: ↑

How else will they know how to contact us when our trucks extended warranty needs renewed?
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I moved. Gonna see how long it takes them to start sending me stuff.

fullsend604 · Jan 22, 2022

Do the 2016-18 Tacomas have the DCM Telematics Transceiver or is this a 2019+ thing? I can’t seem to find it on my 2018 nor do I have any SOS function in mine.

ILICKTACOS90 · Jan 22, 2022

fullsend604 said: ↑

Do the 2016-18 Tacomas have the DCM Telematics Transceiver or is this a 2019+ thing? I can’t seem to find it on my 2018 nor do I have any SOS function in mine.
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Certain models had it. I know that it was factory with the corollas and highlanders and those kinda models. Tacos I think limited was the only one in 18 but my offroad had it and I never ordered that feature

OCD TACO · Jan 22, 2022

ILICKTACOS90[OP] initial post: ↑

I've stewed long enough to put together an initial thread.

I am willing to go thru and take more pics if need be and show how I did this with out any issues. Most of it was simply following wires and using common sense. I'm already aware of the backlash I might get and I've come to terms with it so here goes.

In my deep, dark, conspiracy riddled lair, I learned bad stuff. If you're adult enough to see reason amd logic, then in my garage, attached to my programmer, I stumbled across some interesting tidbits.

I've seen the threads about big brother and all that, however, I actually put forth some effort to prove just that. Now for unwritten reason, I have left certain items out of picture that I will be mentioning.

My truck is a 2019. I had her custom ordered for my birthday when I worked on the drilling rigs in North Dakota. If anyone here knows what roughnecks are like, you can only imagine what we do when we find ourselves without work. Covid gave me time to think and that's dangerous when you're a doer.

This brings me to my project. I was building a new ecm from megasquirt and was going thru the factory ecm. I find a rabbit hole in the telematics department.. for the record I AM NOT TELLING ANYONE TO DO THIS that being said, feel free and prove me wrong. I'll place any amount on the table that you'll eat your words. This statement goes true with any vehicle from any manufacturer and its technically public knowledge if you know where to look.

Ready? The ecm is NOT in charge of the vehicle. Sounds insane but it's true. The airbag module the brain behind the ecm and the bcm. In circuitry, you'll learn to look for sram and dram chips. You have all sorts of processor's and a maze of little roads leading to and from certain control points. I have found two things that stood out like a fat kid at a food bank.

One, a satellite feed that has no link to the Navigation or radio. Where, praytell, does it lead? I followed it thru the harness to the srs system and from there it plugs into a reserve battery aka capacitor and a series of memory holding chips. This had me puzzled so I went thru all the modules and what do you know, it's recording more than what an accident would share i.e. the event data recorder. The microphone above your head, the camera both front and rear, even the wireless charger we love is collecting everything.

I have since taken a random sampling of these 8 legged freaks (see pics) and have had them brought up on screen and it really is disturbing. When you disengage your blindspot monitoring or park assist or any factory safety feature, it feeds to a bank held in the mpx/bcm.

From there, the network gateway which has high and low can, sends it to the dcm (entune) and it'll be sent out wirelessly and also saved. Any change in your insurance lately? How about the sudden jolt you took climbing over that obstacle in the trail? That sends a signal to the srs. It's stored there until another event sets it off. The jack and auxiliary input has a bouncer at the door as well. You plug in and that info is now stored.

Some may like it or not care at all others may want this gone. The bottom line, even in the book that comes in the glovebox seldom ever do read, it doesn't tell you this.

If anyone calls BS, that's fine. But at least do the work yourself to verify such a claim so you don't look like a fool. If this leads anywhere, I have been putting together some how to material to make your 3rd gen as great as the old ones. Remember, we all loved these trucks for the simplicity they loyally proved back in the day. They can still do that now. This is why my 84 hilux has 751k and still rolls.
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