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My car from 2016 had its own cellphone data and gps. It was unclear to me if the data connection was always on, or if I had to pay for something to enable it.
by Skunkleton 6y ago
My car from 2016 had its own cellphone data and gps. It was unclear to me if the data connection was always on, or if I had to pay for something to enable it.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoIt seems like even in base model cars, cellular connections are included and enabled for vehicle services. We recently bought a base model car, and without any sort of subscription, the car is connected to always-on cellular as such that the car can be started from a phone app. Another manufacturer I bought a few years ago had similar capabilities, but only included a couple years of access to it before a subscription fee was involved. My guess is car manufacturers can get a pretty special rate for cellular plans that are almost certainly IPv6 only and have extremely low/restricted usage for car telemetry.
- Skunkleton 6y agoSeems like a good guess. I wonder what the privacy story is here?