Comment on Porsche Cars in Russia Shut Down After Satellite System Failure

einkorn@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Jrockwar@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  In 2025? Is that even a thing?

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  • einkorn@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There might be some old Ladas around.

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    • Vikthor@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They will be taken by the army shortly, just wait.

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  • RipLemmDotEE@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You can disable the modem on new Toyotas and they run fine. The dealership will bitch and moan but they can be disabled.

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    • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You can also steal new toyotas in a matter of minutes because they absolutely fucked up the can bus security.

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  • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    One way to tell: disable the cellular modem in your car and see if it still operates.

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    • otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This assumes there’s a user accessible option to disable it.

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      • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Just wrap your car in tinfoil. Bonus is that it stops the government from reading you mind while inside.

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    • ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Probably can’t do this unless you’ve already bought it.

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      • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s the question, isn’t it?

        Can you actually buy a car in 2025?

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  • shininghero@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There’s the upcoming Slate trucks, but those are scheduled for Q4 2026.

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    • Blade9732@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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      • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        You have to do your own updates over USB.

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  • crazycraw@crazypeople.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I took the question initially in jest, then sat back and thought about it. fuck.

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    • tyrant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      To be fair though… I came out to my old car without digital nonsense yesterday and it didn’t start either.

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      • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Sorry you had to find out your car is homophobic like that.

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• RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Sell them to whom?

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  • einkorn@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Recycling companies?

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• phutatorius@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s even worse than that. Porsches are locked by default, and can only be enabled remotely.

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