I currently take public transport because driving a car where I live would actually be more inconvinent for me than public transport. Everyone knows that everything is starting to become ‘smart’ these days even for the most normal of things like lights which I think is useless but the main issue is …

[image] user1: [image] OpojOJirYAlG: There’s also open source projects to have and open source ECU, albeit the current market is primarily tuners and modders. So. No? I don’t really understand what you just said. I’ll try and guess what parts you didn’t understand, if I guess wrong be …

the thing is there are some snooptube people that are notorious for pitching the “electric-model” car but don’t speak about the many OTHER cons of purchasing one … they mainly say just … “it’s on the expensive side … but the TCO is lower over time”

[image] OpojOJirYAlG: Currently those projects are not targeting the consumer bit are rather targeting the racing market or the off road market. Thanks for the encouraging info. Besides, I’ve just put this on my wish (dream about) list: [image] RTP8J779M1ASKB0SK0SA003 - R-Car H3e-2G…

The particular Subaru I was referring to was a 2020 WRX.

Thanks, enjoy anyway! I might bet that the next WRX will have Starlink infotainment platform on board and I’m very glad that Subaru supports Linux community.

I’m pretty sure mine does, but I don’t use it because I don’t want my car connected to the internet. I’d rather Subaru nor anyone else know where I’ve been or what my oil life is or whatever “helpful” information gets sent to the cloud.

[image] kieran: The only way you could use it to prove that the car itself has a cellular network connection is to see that it is getting geographical information updates while knowing that it has not been connected to your or your wife’s phone in any way it has not been in for service (and f…

I have to admit I haven’t read this thread trough but cars currently are potentially connected to net (at least in EU) due to requirement of automated emergency call (all new cars since 2018). So new cars at least have a link. Second thing of interest to this thread is - because at a glance, I don’…

[image] JR-Fi: Second thing of interest to this thread is - because at a glance, I don’t think it has come up - a research from last fall by Mozilla foundation about just how creepy and invasive the automotive industry is slurping up driver/passenger data It has come up elsewhere on the Puris…

I unfortunately own a new spy mobile. I’ve done what I can to forbid it from doing things. One of the more annoying things is they got rid of the Aux jack for the stereo. With it, I could simply plug my phone’s headphone output to the stereo, control what’s playing from the phone, and the stereo …

[image] JR-Fi: What’s the solution? Public transport, bike or old car (which preferably has been converted to an electric one)? Public transport is often not privacy orientated. Cameras around the bus, tram or train rooms where you don’t know if just the bus driver etc can see it or if it’s s…