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Re:Future Fords Could Repossess Themselves and Drive Away If... by smegger001 on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @11:01PM (#34978615)
Yeah what happens when someone gets out to pump gas with their child and phone in the car and fords automated repo algorithm decides is the optimal time to drive away.
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Re:Future Fords Could Repossess Themselves and Drive Away If... by tangjurine on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @12:32AM (#34979113)
Ford stock goes down 5%, media hushes it up
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Re:Future Fords Could Repossess Themselves and Drive Away If... by giobox on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @01:27PM (#34986308)
Everyone assumes the tech will be self driving, but it doesn’t need to be.

The repo man can just use the 5G connection to locate the car, drive to it, unlock the car start the ignition and drive it away.

This would work today just using the APIs all modern Fords already have.

There are rumours this already happens for some car models:

> https://tiremeetsroad.com/2021/03/18/tesla-allegedly-remotel...

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