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I just want to say that I'm so happy that people are taking notice of privacy concerns in cars (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Mozilla released their studies, and I'm seeing a growing number of posts on the Internet about cars and the privacy nightmare they entail. I remember how this issue wasn't talked about earlier because "just buy an older car" was still prevalent. I'm so happy that people are taking notice. Thank you to this community and Mozilla for the work they are putting in!

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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You don't need a very old car, just one that is old enough the cellular network doesn't work any more.

Some vehicles were made for 3g, and can't go to 4g for example.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    2g antenna sare still up and running. Every new generation is add on top of the previous like a new layer of the network. And telemetry can be collected through older gen network.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not everywhere in the world. Australia have turned off 2g for instance.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    TIL. But why would you do that ? Ain't it more convenient to keep every gen ?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    We're a bit mad out here, we turned off CDMA in favour of 3G. The 3G system our main telco implemented was built for England and didn't have amps built into the specifications.

    Every site that was rolled out in regional areas needed to be attended to and upgraded with amplifiers (I know as I was one of such techs) doing heaps more work during the changeover period.

    I believe the main reason is to reduce the volume of channels being broadcast on, to free up for other services (our analogue TV is turned off too).

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