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Re:Future Fords Could Repossess Themselves and Drive Away If... by giobox on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @01:31PM (#34986372)
Do we think ford even bother with SIM cards? Lots of modern 5G devices have e-sims etc, much easier for the factory floor if SIM card can be loaded via software too. None of my families cellphones have physical sims anymore either.
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Re:Future Fords Could Repossess Themselves and Drive Away If... by Nextgrid on Thursday March 02, 2023 @07:22PM (#35004032)
In this case, take the modem chip itself. Most off-the-shelf USB/Mini-PCIe/etc modem cards use the same underlying chips, so you can just move the chip over which would contain both the eSIM as well as the original IMEI.
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Re:Future Fords Could Repossess Themselves and Drive Away If... by giobox on Friday March 03, 2023 @01:58PM (#35013598)
> you can just move the chip over

I can't help but chuckle at the use of the word "just" here. Sure, if we are now into reverse engineering hardware module interfaces and potentially desolder jobs on a (at a minimum) ~$20k vehicle, of which many features will stop working once you remove the module as well as triggering how many warning and service lights...

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