• Semester3383@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      I have a brand new car. It has a DCM, a digital communications module. The module has a single fuse. Did you know you can pull the fuse out, and suddenly your car is deaf, dumb, blind, and mute? Sure, no more GPS, but IDGAF. For a better, more permanent solution, you can disconnect the wires going to the DCM, and install a wiring sub-harness to completely bypass it. It can’t receive data from the car anymore–which means it’s also not able to store data that can be downloaded by a mechanic later–and the battery that powers the eSIM will die in a day or so.

      Fuck big data, and fuck you for suggesting that it’s okay just because it’s existed in some form for ~50 years.