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TFA isn't specific but it looks like you have to use an app to turn it on before you ride and the app is the mechanism by which the phone home happens.
by throwaway0a5e 6y ago
TFA isn't specific but it looks like you have to use an app to turn it on before you ride and the app is the mechanism by which the phone home happens.
- g_p 6y agoSounds like that's a nice route to forcibly obsolete this well before the end of its usable life by turning off the API servers and saying "it's for your own safety... We have a better newer device now available for only $800 (plus subscription)". Also a nice single point of failure if you can hijack their DNS and deny every activation request (!)