Sell them to whom?
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einkorn@feddit.org 2 months ago
[…] and what owners can do next.
Sell their Porsche and buy a car that can’t be locked remotely?
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s even worse than that. Porsches are locked by default, and can only be enabled remotely.
waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
sell to who?
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Yeah has a bit of those Ben Shapiro vibes.
Don’t you think people would sell their houses on the coastline and move?
Jrockwar@feddit.uk 2 months ago
In 2025? Is that even a thing?
einkorn@feddit.org 2 months ago
There might be some old Ladas around.
Vikthor@piefed.world 2 months ago
They will be taken by the army shortly, just wait.
RipLemmDotEE@lemmy.today 2 months ago
You can disable the modem on new Toyotas and they run fine. The dealership will bitch and moan but they can be disabled.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You can also steal new toyotas in a matter of minutes because they absolutely fucked up the can bus security.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
One way to tell: disable the cellular modem in your car and see if it still operates.
otacon239@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This assumes there’s a user accessible option to disable it.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I assumed it’s not a option, so I took the suggestion to mean “physically disable” the device. Modern cars have a number of integrated computers and they rarely serve individual purposes, but there’s a good chance there’s an external antenna near/in a window. Granted, I don’t have any vehicles with cell service, so I could be wrong. I do own a drill though
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Just wrap your car in tinfoil. Bonus is that it stops the government from reading you mind while inside.
ceenote@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Probably can’t do this unless you’ve already bought it.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That’s the question, isn’t it?
Can you actually buy a car in 2025?
shininghero@pawb.social 2 months ago
There’s the upcoming Slate trucks, but those are scheduled for Q4 2026.
Blade9732@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The Slate truck is simple for YOU. It doesn’t have lots of bells and whistles, but is still and electric vehicle that runs on computers. I haven’t heard if it has a remote connection yet, but I bet it does. Also, Jeff Bezos is an investor and I am pretty sure it is not some new altruistic streak for Amazon to launch a consumer product that they can’t monetize forever.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Slate will have no OTA capabilities. How they will monatize forever is by selling parts to users and educating them how to service themselves.
iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You have to do your own updates over USB.
Analog@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
My guy, the motor type matters not one iota to those trying to make money off your data.
Gas, diesel, all manner of hybrids, and EVs all track the ever loving crap out of you (by default, and often not on a defeatable level.)
crazycraw@crazypeople.online 2 months ago
I took the question initially in jest, then sat back and thought about it. fuck.
tyrant@lemmy.world 2 months ago
To be fair though… I came out to my old car without digital nonsense yesterday and it didn’t start either.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sorry you had to find out your car is homophobic like that.