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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Jrockwar@feddit.uk 1 day agoIn 2025? Is that even a thing?
RipLemmDotEE@lemmy.today 1 day ago
kameecoding@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
You can also steal new toyotas in a matter of minutes because they absolutely fucked up the can bus security.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
One way to tell: disable the cellular modem in your car and see if it still operates.
otacon239@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This assumes there’s a user accessible option to disable it.
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
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.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Shill for big foil…thanks for the advice MR REYNOLDS.
ceenote@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Probably can’t do this unless you’ve already bought it.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
That’s the question, isn’t it?
Can you actually buy a car in 2025?
shininghero@pawb.social 1 day ago
There’s the upcoming Slate trucks, but those are scheduled for Q4 2026.
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.
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.
iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You have to do your own updates over USB.
crazycraw@crazypeople.online 1 day ago
I took the question initially in jest, then sat back and thought about it. fuck.
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.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sorry you had to find out your car is homophobic like that.
einkorn@feddit.org 1 day ago
There might be some old Ladas around.
Vikthor@piefed.world 23 hours ago
They will be taken by the army shortly, just wait.