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Ford Files For Patent That Can "Remotely Shut Down" Parts Of Your Car When Your Bill Isn't Paid https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ford-files-patent-can-remotely-shut-down-parts-your-car-when-your-bill-isnt-paid
Discussion
Oof, we’re going to see more and more of this with modern cars.
Drive a well-maintained car that’s older than bitcoin and you’ll never have any of these problems.
Mine is 17 years old and just ticked over 380k miles and still going.
380k, goddamn😂
Its a bit like Triggers broom though. How many parts can you replace before it becomes a different car.
A few years ago I bought a 2006 Toyota for under $5K in cash that had less than 100K miles and has cost almost nothing to maintain.
Exactly what I do 💪
Subscription for everything. Sorry we have stopped the Aircon working as there was a problem when trying to collect this months payment.
All new cars have a built-in SIM card, that you can't remove. Mine wanted to download a shitload of updates the first time I started it, FFS!
At least you can switch off network access through the privacy settings -- or so they make you believe..
