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People are now beginning to realize that cellphones send out too much data. Well, modern cars are far worse. Do you know that some of them have weight sensors i
by gambler 7y ago
People are now beginning to realize that cellphones send out too much data. Well, modern cars are far worse. Do you know that some of them have weight sensors in seats? Do you know that they send this info out? On your phone, you at least have some control. You have zero control over your car's cell connection. I'm not even sure you can disable over-the-wire updates.
- myself248 7y agoPull the SIM card, or if it's an eUICC cut the trace. Yank the antenna wire, cap it with a terminator. Cut the module off the bus if you feel like pulling the fuse isn't enough.
- OkGoDoIt 7y agoWould the car detect the tampering and refuse to operate? Seems like there is a fair argument to be made for that by car manufacturers in the name of safety.
- somehnguy 7y agoWhile totally possible I've never heard of such a thing actually happening. Tearing out the OnStar module on Chevrolets has been done by people with a specific mindset for a long time. Whats kinda neat is that if it does still work after tearing out the module it should continue to work forever because you just ripped out the update mechanism. Assuming you don't go to the dealer for service of course...but who does that?
- z2 7y agoAgree, and if I may add, I think cars are worse because their primary function (transport) hasn't changed nearly enough compared with that of phones (voice calls into computation/information-at-fingertips). Therefore, it's harder to justify the same exponential increase in complexity and 'smart'. Maybe OTA hardware tuning ala Tesla will prove me wrong in the future...