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I've had a thought I'd love to have a chance to try one day...
I'd like to see about not only disconnecting the antenna, but also basically wrap the cellular circuit module in metal screen, basically a crude Faraday Cage.
I've never had any chance to try such a thing, but I can only imagine it would probably do the trick.
Edit: For those that believe this will cause the vehicle to malfunction or even brick itself, have you never drove through a tunnel and found you lost Internet? Your vehicle won't stop functioning just because it lost Internet, it literally cannot do that.
That would be like the absolutely most unsafe thing any vehicle could ever do, to stop functioning because of an internet connection failure.
So only thing is they might just store all the data locally and send it when they get reception again. Microsoft Word used to do this with "Aria"
Do you not understand what a Faraday Cage is or does? It literally blocks radio frequencies.
Cover the module in a metal screen, block any and all data transmission and reception, without even altering the electronics.
And the vehicle ain't got much other choice but to keep functioning as expected anyways, as it's expected to have signal loss at times anyways.
Edit: If you think losing internet connection is gonna break your vehicle, well God forbid you ever drive through a tunnel...
What happens when/if we hopefully get our right to repair our own shit back?
R2R, Louis Rossmann!
We should all try to fight the good cause.
I think they mean it would cache the data and release it if you ever had to remove the screen for whatever reason.
My concern is that Faraday cages have limitations and you should think about mitigations
Seal it in lead then, what you want from me?
I'm just spitballing a possible solution here..
20 euros and patience for other people
Driving through a tunnel is a short break in connectivity. These things are probably built in such a way that they'll brick after not being able to connect for an extended period since not working due to a short disconnect would give the brand a bad reputation after happening a few times.