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Re:Can Injection: keyless car theft by tantalor on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:43AM (#35456051)
Okay, that's another way of saying everyone pays for it through higher prices or taxes or whatever, and you can't opt out of it.
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Re:Can Injection: keyless car theft by nerdbert on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @01:35PM (#35457694)
Wait until you hear about seat belts.
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Re:Can Injection: keyless car theft by catiopatio on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @03:34PM (#35459303)
Seat belts don’t spy on me.
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Re:Can Injection: keyless car theft by rasz on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @03:45PM (#35459433)
Seat occupancy sensor for the airbag sure does, it even weighs your ass.
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Re:Can Injection: keyless car theft by catiopatio on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @04:05PM (#35459707)
The occupancy sensor isn’t the problem — the problem is the mandatory cellular uplink that shares the data with the manufacturer.
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Re:Can Injection: keyless car theft by kwhitefoot on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:52AM (#35456189)
That applies to all state mandated stuff I suppose. But it does mean the system can benefit from an economy of scale.
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