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Slate Auto gets serious about privacy for its bare-bones EV pickup (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 days ago by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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If they actually follow through on making the Slate as privacy friendly as they claim in this article, and it doesn't have any major flaws, I'm gonna go ahead and say this is perhaps one of the best options for someone in need of a mini-truck/SUV hybrid.

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think they absolutely can have deep hooks, but how much sway those hooks have somewhat depends on how much stake they own in the company, which AFAIK is undisclosed.

Slate Auto is ultimately a standard corporation so I trust them about as far as I can throw them, which is why I framed the point on privacy in the post body as if they follow through.

It is entirely possible that the privacy aspect is purely a pre-release marketing thing, and at the point of release the story suddenly changes and a modem is integrated.