adespoton comments on Porsche Cars in Russia Shut Down After Satellite System Failure

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (6 children)

One way to tell: disable the cellular modem in your car and see if it still operates.

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This assumes there’s a user accessible option to disable it.

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I assumed it's not a option, so I took the suggestion to mean "physically disable" the device. Modern cars have a number of integrated computers and they rarely serve individual purposes, but there's a good chance there's an external antenna near/in a window. Granted, I don't have any vehicles with cell service, so I could be wrong. I do own a drill though

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Just wrap your car in tinfoil. Bonus is that it stops the government from reading you mind while inside.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago