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Mike Alchemike@primal.net 2 months ago
Yesterday Porsche bricked thousands of Russian-registered and internet-connected vehicles overnight. Engines dead. Electronics locked out. No warning. Speculation is that the German automaker acted on EU orders. Porsche isn’t denying it. Do you think your government won’t disable your internet-connected car because you said something “offensive” under their new censorship laws? Fair warning.

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whit basicbee@nostr.com 2 months ago
⚠️ DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY WARNING 🚗 Modern cars are becoming SOFTWARE PLATFORMS. OTA updates, locked features, and telemetry mean: • Your car isn’t fully yours anymore • Corporations control functionality • Repair rights are shrinking • Sanctions can kill software services • Privacy is evaporating Be alarmed — but be accurate: No government is “bricking cars for speech” yet. #YET The real threat is slower: Loss of ownership → Loss of autonomy. Freedom dies quietly — not overnight. #DigitalSovereignty #RightToRepair #Privacy #BitcoinEthos View quoted note →
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Duvel 2 months ago
Good advertisement for electric vehicles.
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Telluride Telluride@primal.net 2 months ago
When the U.S. kicked the Russians out of SWIFT and confiscated their US treasury bonds, it just taught them not to buy them because they cant be trusted. Such short term thinking. What are they accomplishing? A bunch of russian citizens dont have their sports cars anymore. Thats it. Nobody will buy these vehicles now. Lol
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H h@nostr.my.id 2 months ago
Yeah, this is bad for their brand. You can't know when your country will be next on Germany's shitlist. It's also almost certainly something that will get hacked around, leaving these people only temporarily screwed. Having said that, this feature is in a huge % of new cars thanks to the EU
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Deleted Account 2 months ago
Soon. In the interim the better cover comes from 'save the climate' angle. Either way they will have transportation digitally enslaved.
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Scoundrel 2 months ago
Its okay; my car forgot the wifi password so I'm not at risk.👍
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