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Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information ... by JohnFen on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @02:16PM (#35704467)
Perhaps, but by the time this happens, I'll probably have died of old age. And if it happens sooner, then I expect that there will be electric cars that, either as designed or through aftermarket modifications, won't phone home.

And if that doesn't happen, then I guess I won't be using a car. Which is probably the best idea in terms of environmental impact, anyway.

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Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information ... by dcow on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @06:13PM (#35707439)
Just snip the LTE antenna in a Tesla and you have an offline car. I can't claim to know if Tesla has built in any actively hostile features like the car going into a maintenance required mode if it's been too long since a ping home, but I do know that the car is fully operational without connectivity (not including features that required connectivity, like navigation data, of course). There are even physical RFID keys.
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Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information ... by JohnFen on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @07:11PM (#35707954)
That would count as the "aftermarket modification" I mentioned.
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