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

Why not do cars need internet access in order to start?

I understand having auxiliary services the network connected but surely the failure mode should just be an error on the screen but otherwise the car should still function. It’s not like operating without internet access is dangerous or anything.

Also, why don’t we just do that, cut Russias internet access, it seems like it would cause of chaos.

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SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It’s the reason why no one steals Teslas. Easy to brick, impossible to charge on their system if stolen.

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- Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’m sure there’s plenty of other reasons to not steal a tesla. It being a mobile surveillance device being one of them. Also, if I was going to steal a car, I’d pick one with better build quality and one that doesn’t have a different fire exit than the normal way to exit that I’d probably be going for if my car was suddenly on fire.
  
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jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
As for “cut russias internet”, I imagine they have a lot of services hosted on their own infrastructure within Russia.

Of course probably a lot of people use western services like social media and e-commerce. Which would piss off a lot of Russian people. So you could have western governments require sanctions on services to reject Russian traffic.

One of the downsides though is there are probably a lot of people who disagree with the regime and want to get info in and out. You push them closer to isolation like North Korea. So called “winning of hearts and minds” might be better served by keeping things open.

But what do I know.

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JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Because it’s the anti theft system and immobilizer.
It would be pretty useless if it could be defeated by putting some foil on the antenna so that it loses network connection and defaulted to allowing you to drive.

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- jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  How does it validate that you are a valid driver? Do you enter a PIN or something?
  
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  - JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    With your personal vehicle access device, aka, the car key. Immobilizers with transponders in the key have been a thing (and in some places a legal requirement) for like three decades.
    
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    iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yeah, I’ve seen videos of Porsches needing to be towed out of parking garages because there is no cell signal underground.
    
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