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Yes there are. Construction equipment manufacturers sometimes buy a worldwide low data rate cellular plan, and give every machine they ship the ability to phone
by plasticeagle 2y ago
Yes there are. Construction equipment manufacturers sometimes buy a worldwide low data rate cellular plan, and give every machine they ship the ability to phone home.
I recall that there was also an e-reader with similar functionality.
- hagbard_c 2y agoYes, I know about such connections in heavy equipment and cars and about the old Kindle with 'lifetime' data, what I was wondering about is whether there are surreptitious cellular links built into consumer electronics which enable those devices to exfiltrate user data even when the user does not allow them internet access. I have not heard of such devices yet but that does not mean they do not exist.
- plasticeagle 2y agoI feel like there probably aren't. It would be impossible to hide this for very long and it's expensive to implement.