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Elon Musk uses cybertruck explosion to show Tesla can remotely unlock and monitor vehicles (self.aboringdystopia)

submitted 5 days ago by itsathursday to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I've wondered how hard it would be to turn off the cellular radio if you really cared enough.

I would suspect though that if you connected the car to your phones internet though it'd do all the snitching stuff that was queued. You'd probably need some sort of firewall on the phone blocking the cars communication, while still letting you play music.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I’ve wondered how hard it would be to turn off the cellular radio if you really cared enough.

You can but it's not that simple: my neighbor found the antenna for his car's spyware transmitter in the side-view mirror (can't remember which car), cut the wire, and almost immediately, the dashboard reported a fault and started bitching and moaning that the car needed servicing.