Big wins for mass transit between the pointless Iran war, and shit like this that car makers are doing.
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Even ebikes are going to shit with all their DRM, if you want a high end one
found a 2011 Ford Ranger with 50k miles on her and I will drive this analog truck until I die
Called it years ago. Snowden told us . we knew it would happen.
Could we not just jailbreak these cars?
It should be possible and easy to jailbreak and set up self hosting solutions for the premium features
They'll mandate that jail broken cars can't pass inspection or something like that or if your car stops connecting to your insurance's servers then they'll cancel your coverage. Maybe even make it a crime.
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So, people are buying those trucks because they watched too many horror movies.
Can we fucking give a shit about privacy now? Like seriously how many final straws do we have to see before people see this as a serious political issue? Fuck.
There's a movie scene in that. Protagonist is being chased, desperately tries to start the car.