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Tesla Drastically Cuts Model Y Prices Because Inventory Is At Record Levels (jalopnik.com)
submitted 7 months ago by jeffw to c/business
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[–] voracitude 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"Over the air" updates mean the manufacturer (and possibly dealer) has a connection to your car on demand. That means:

  • Monitoring when and where you drive, how far and fast, etc
  • Remotely disabling features, or the vehicle itself
  • Remotely repossessing the vehicle
  • Accessing sensors like cameras to see around and possibly inside the car

It also means anyone who can figure it out also has a connection to your car on demand, and has the same powers.

Don't cheer for OTA updates.

[–] Anticorp 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

They do track all of that stuff, and then they sell the data to your insurance company.

[–] voracitude 2 points 7 months ago

Yep, unless you disable the radios. It can be a real bastard to find those. But OTA isn't possible without the radios, therefore OTA is part of the problem.

[–] jeffw -4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Thirty seconds on Google shows that is not true. They don’t sell the data

Edit: the dude linked an article about GM as evidence lol. Tesla is terrible with data, but selling is not one of their many sins: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/tesla/

[–] Anticorp 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] jeffw -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That article doesn’t mention Tesla lol. You’re bad at lying, hug?

[–] Anticorp 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Every manufacturer sells data.

[–] jeffw -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

“Trust me bro, here’s an article about GM to prove my point.” Great argument dude. They do lots of sketchy stuff, but not sales:

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/tesla/