alt Hacker NewsThese always connected cars will soon become as bad, or likely worse, than the smartphones of today, which we don't really own and control, and always tracked.
You will need an online account with obscure terms of service to use the car, won't be able to repair yourself, your data being sold, etc.
Evil.
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verisimi • today at 6:48 AM
> will soon
You realise that in the EU cars have a SIM in, and an emergency button? This is since 2018, see: 112 eCall regulation.
Is there an online database for instructions on how to disconnect your car from the cloud?
I.e. a Wiki where you supply Make/Model/Year, receive instructions on which fuse to pull, which box to remove or disconnect.
Right now this information is so scattered across the web, disorganized, and full of errors. Sometimes buried in YouTube videos. Even LLMs cannot provide accurate info and you need to do laborious research.
Somebody make this happen.