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Trillions of miles of data: Your car is spying on you, and it's only just the beginning (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 8 points 3 months ago (8 children)

You may be able to disable the antenna or SIM/cellular device, that wouldn't be too hard, but to receive updates you would need to reconnect them, and who knows how much data the car stores while it has no connection?

I assume you can't just download updates on your PC and install them manually on your car.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    I mean, if you go to the shop, that’s what they’d do, right? I doubt they’re burning EEPROMs or anything more advanced than a custom connector.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    When you go to a shop chances are their scan tool is connected to the internet and has the ability to download data.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Which means you should be able to, too - right? Might take a 1337 h4x0r to figure it out first, but then - pirate cars. Yarr.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Lol. Yeah. Maybe. But maybe you end up bricking your ECM or TCM and then your car won't start.

    And if you can do it, so can the guy who wants to rip out your headlight and jack in to steal it.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    And if you can do it, so can the guy who wants to rip out your headlight and jack in to steal it.

    Hasn’t that always been the case?

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