Re:Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users
by vitorbaptistaa on Thursday June 18, 2026 @07:34AM
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The same company that supposedly views everything through the lens of liability and compliance does this:
> When the cars were operating under controlled laboratory conditions - which typically involve putting them on a stationary test rig - the device appears to have put the vehicle into a sort of safety mode in which the engine ran below normal power and performance. Once on the road, the engines switched out of this test mode.
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> The result? The engines emitted nitrogen oxide pollutants up to 40 times above what is allowed in the US.
> When the cars were operating under controlled laboratory conditions - which typically involve putting them on a stationary test rig - the device appears to have put the vehicle into a sort of safety mode in which the engine ran below normal power and performance. Once on the road, the engines switched out of this test mode.
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> The result? The engines emitted nitrogen oxide pollutants up to 40 times above what is allowed in the US.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-34324772