• bob_wiley@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I don’t really want my car to have an API at all. I want it to be mechanical, so my car doesn’t become obsolete on a computer timeline.

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      9 months ago

      It won’t go obsolete per se. It will just have lots of security vulnerabilities after they stop patching the 10,000,000+ lines of code used in all the microcontrollers and microprocessor.

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        9 months ago

        That’s exactly what I want in my car, security vulnerabilities that gives someone access to control anything electronic… that sounds terrifying.

        Aspects can also become obsolete, like all the cars that lost their internet connectivity when the cell providers decommissioned the 3G data networks the old cars were using in 2022. Check out some of the cars on this list, they aren’t even that old… That’s a nice 2019 Porsche 911 you have there, too bad the remote, safety and security features stopped working 3 years after purchase. I guess that’s what $92k gets you.

        https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/16/3g-networks-shutting-down-in-2022-could-affect-your-cars-gps.html