That's a very good reason to not connect your phone to your car.
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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That's a very good reason to not buy any car which has this interception "feature".
That’s a very good way of saying don’t buy anything built in the last five years
*9 years, actually.
Ok, du you have a list of what cars to avoid?
Or you can deny the permission when you connect it
Appellate court (appellate judge) aka second instance court. So while not the end of discussion, that is quite absurd.
I bought my first car this year, I am very happy with it, it is a 2021 Seat Leon PHEV, but shit like this is terrible.
I remember several years ago when I noted that cars had started comming with emergency SOS buttons and apps, that made me realize that there had to be a built in mobile phone connection, and after reading some more, yep, I was right, automakers put in a cell phone module with an eSIM that is allways connected, meaning the car keeps talking to the automakers servers, even if you don't connect a phone.
This means that it is worth it to the automakers to add a phone module and continously pay for a subscription for every car, even if you don't use the feature, that is scary.
Working for a Mobile network provider that does connectivity for cars among other things i can add to that, that they are paying a fairly high price for this stuff too.
encrypt everything, layers and layers of encryption and then feed them garbage
Ok so maybe the legislature should stop it
Not just maybe. This must stop.
Well, sucks for Washington.