Access to telemetry data: Automotive industry criticizes intelligence reform

22 pointsposted 8 hours ago
by _____k
(heise.de)

9 Comments

hollow-moe

6 hours ago

Then don't put the spying tech in the car in the first place maybe ?

BoingBoomTschak

2 hours ago

Thank you, you made be go down the Google hole to see if my MX-5 ND had anything like this... and it doesn't! Since only >= 2018 homologations are required to have an eCall module builtin, the ND only works if you have a smartphone connected to it.

So the tip is: all European models released in and after 2018 are compromised (as in always connected to the GSM network).

intunderflow

2 hours ago

Remember when EU citizens were saying as little as a month ago having always on distracted driver cameras in all cars is completely fine because the government would never have access.

Hard to tell if it's naivety or cope.

jtbayly

7 hours ago

Is there anything I can do besides refuse to buy a car that collects telemetry? Are there such cars still being manufactured?

exabrial

6 hours ago

Most sensible cars have modules that fail independently. I pulled the modem out of my 2018 k2 and it still works just fine.

With newer, esp electric vehicles, there is an absolutely clear trend of non-repairability; failure rather than resiliency. Don’t expect the ability to do this forever.

ElFitz

6 hours ago

I guess the only option nowadays is to buy an old used car.

Soon some of us will be back to using typewriters.

wkjagt

5 hours ago

I'm fixing up a 1981 Volvo 240. It would be wonderful if it could replace my EV one day.

xtiansimon

5 hours ago

> “… back to using typewriters”

Back to using vehicles with _fuses_.