Except consumer devices you own you're free to open and scrutinize if you're concerned there's such fuckery going on, nor do all consumer devices inherently acc

Except consumer devices you own you're free to open and scrutinize if you're concerned there's such fuckery going on, nor do all consumer devices inherently accompany your travels. When it's a battery swap situation, you don't own the thing, and you bet your ass they're going to have anti-tampering measures for obvious good reasons. It's especially problematic for vehicle batteries since they're so large in terms of both physical volume and power capacity. There's plenty of margin to slide in a smartphone equivalent payload. If it's not something we can defend against it's a significant downside to the battery swapping arrangement IMNSHO.