Thank you, you made be go down the Google hole to see if my MX-5 ND had anything like this... and it doesn't! Since only >= 2018 homologations are required to have an eCall module builtin, the ND only works if you have a smartphone connected to it.
So the tip is: all European models released in and after 2018 are compromised (as in always connected to the GSM network).
Remember when EU citizens were saying as little as a month ago having always on distracted driver cameras in all cars is completely fine because the government would never have access.
Most sensible cars have modules that fail independently. I pulled the modem out of my 2018 k2 and it still works just fine.
With newer, esp electric vehicles, there is an absolutely clear trend of non-repairability; failure rather than resiliency. Don’t expect the ability to do this forever.
https://archive.ph/O6gGB
Then don't put the spying tech in the car in the first place maybe ?
Thank you, you made be go down the Google hole to see if my MX-5 ND had anything like this... and it doesn't! Since only >= 2018 homologations are required to have an eCall module builtin, the ND only works if you have a smartphone connected to it.
So the tip is: all European models released in and after 2018 are compromised (as in always connected to the GSM network).
Remember when EU citizens were saying as little as a month ago having always on distracted driver cameras in all cars is completely fine because the government would never have access.
Hard to tell if it's naivety or cope.
Is there anything I can do besides refuse to buy a car that collects telemetry? Are there such cars still being manufactured?
Most sensible cars have modules that fail independently. I pulled the modem out of my 2018 k2 and it still works just fine.
With newer, esp electric vehicles, there is an absolutely clear trend of non-repairability; failure rather than resiliency. Don’t expect the ability to do this forever.
I guess the only option nowadays is to buy an old used car.
Soon some of us will be back to using typewriters.
I'm fixing up a 1981 Volvo 240. It would be wonderful if it could replace my EV one day.
> “… back to using typewriters”
Back to using vehicles with _fuses_.