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... a Ford patent application titled "Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle" was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Feb. 23, although it was submitted to the agency Aug. 20, 2021.

The document describes using vehicles' built-in data connections to remotely disable "a functionality of one or more components of the vehicle," which would serve as warnings if the owner has missed car payments.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 15 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

It shouldn't be but if this makes it harder for other companies to do this, it would be kinda funny lol

[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 minutes ago

That would be funny, but realistically this just determines who makes money from licensing the design to everyone else. Assuming the patent isn't successfully challenged.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 57 minutes ago

Exactly what I was thinking.