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How do you feel about Tesla in this regard?

by bluegreyred 6y ago

KCUOJJQJ 6y ago
I don't know. The police in the city of Basel bought seven Teslas. It seems this wasn't OK regarding data protection. And I don't know if it's OK now or if the police were just allowed to keep the cars because they had already bought them. According to an article, written in German, the police had to replace the SIM cards inside the cars with Swiss SIM cards [1]. IMHO this looks (partly) like a pseudo action because there is still an internet connection. (However, according to the article the cars are considered to be OK now.) [1]https://www.baublatt.ch/kommunal/datenschutzproblem-bei-tesla-flotte-der-polizei-basel https://www.baublatt.ch/kommunal/datenschutzproblem-bei-tesl...
toast0 6y ago
Telsa is outright hostile in this regard, and several others. Regardless of if they make a good car, you have to accept a lot of negative things to purchase one.
ocdtrekkie 6y ago
I wouldn't buy a Tesla and I wouldn't drive one if it was given to me free. Despite the legal property of a car title, you can't really own a Tesla, they control the software "activation" and "license" that it won't operate without. And even if you don't use the Autopilot sensors, Tesla uses them to collect data for itself. Waymo would have all the same problems, except I doubt Waymo is targeting cars people would buy at all. Google seems set on delivering a transportation service. It's questionable if they'll ever sell their system at all.
- iknowstuff 6y ago
  They might disable supercharging for crashed vehicles but the software itself was never deactivated for anyone.
  - ocdtrekkie 6y ago
    It's a little more than supercharging: https://www.teslarati.com/think-twice-buying-salvaged-tesla-model-s/ https://www.teslarati.com/think-twice-buying-salvaged-tesla-... "However having Tesla Motors maker of the Model S activate the car’s onboard computer and allowing it to drive"

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How do you feel about Tesla in this regard?

by bluegreyred 6y ago

How do you feel about Tesla in this regard?

KCUOJJQJ 6y ago
I don't know. The police in the city of Basel bought seven Teslas. It seems this wasn't OK regarding data protection. And I don't know if it's OK now or if the police were just allowed to keep the cars because they had already bought them. According to an article, written in German, the police had to replace the SIM cards inside the cars with Swiss SIM cards [1]. IMHO this looks (partly) like a pseudo action because there is still an internet connection. (However, according to the article the cars are considered to be OK now.) [1]https://www.baublatt.ch/kommunal/datenschutzproblem-bei-tesla-flotte-der-polizei-basel https://www.baublatt.ch/kommunal/datenschutzproblem-bei-tesl...
toast0 6y ago
Telsa is outright hostile in this regard, and several others. Regardless of if they make a good car, you have to accept a lot of negative things to purchase one.
ocdtrekkie 6y ago
I wouldn't buy a Tesla and I wouldn't drive one if it was given to me free. Despite the legal property of a car title, you can't really own a Tesla, they control the software "activation" and "license" that it won't operate without. And even if you don't use the Autopilot sensors, Tesla uses them to collect data for itself. Waymo would have all the same problems, except I doubt Waymo is targeting cars people would buy at all. Google seems set on delivering a transportation service. It's questionable if they'll ever sell their system at all.
- iknowstuff 6y ago
  They might disable supercharging for crashed vehicles but the software itself was never deactivated for anyone.
  - ocdtrekkie 6y ago
    It's a little more than supercharging: https://www.teslarati.com/think-twice-buying-salvaged-tesla-model-s/ https://www.teslarati.com/think-twice-buying-salvaged-tesla-... "However having Tesla Motors maker of the Model S activate the car’s onboard computer and allowing it to drive"