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> should he go for a drive Almost every modern car has similar tracking capabilities to cell phones. And they're jam-packed full of microcontrollers running pr
by rhinoceraptor 7y ago
> should he go for a drive
Almost every modern car has similar tracking capabilities to cell phones. And they're jam-packed full of microcontrollers running proprietary firmware, and computers running proprietary software.
- craigsmansion 7y agoFair enough, but one doesn't need to have a modern car, and even if you do, one model is enough: you just buy that one.
- gmueckl 7y agoAt least some of the microcontrollers in cars are the kind of thing that need to be extra tamper proof. There are some niche applications where safety trumps freedom. If a device has a computer in it solely for the purpose of controlling the functionality of the device's primary function, then the priorities really become different.