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Tesla Drastically Cuts Model Y Prices Because Inventory Is At Record Levels (jalopnik.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 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.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're either really bad at Google, or you're trying to sell a lie.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Every manufacturer sells data.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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/