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Think of the money you can extort from your customers with a steady diet of software bugs. It worked for microsoft.
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Think of all the money you can extort from your customers if you just murder them and steal everything they own!
It worked for the Mafia.
and the us government
And Microsoft
The Mafia was already answered.
Some day, car companies are going to have to come to terms with the fact that they are software companies with a manufacturing department.
The rest of the software industry learned this the hard way. If you only let paying customers have access to security patches, the effects will spill over to your paying customers and everyone else. It's why Microsoft let's you have "Activate Windows" sit on your screen for years and still gives you updates.
But that's the thing, I don't want a car that has software that requires cybersecurity.
I'd be taking it back for a full refund. Fuck that shit.
They would laugh at you. Once you drive off that lot it’s your problem.
Depends on the state. You often have a period of time to return it.
Found the North American
Dang, I really like Hyundai. My past two vehicles have been great. I really liked the Ioniq 5. If they're going to pull this shit, that's a big no from me on the next vehicle.
I was genuinely looking into getting a Hyundai Kona EV, however, when you look into it, Hyundai at the current moment in time has no way of properly maintaining or diagnosing the battery, if you take one in for service and they notice a dent in your skid plate, the entire battery needs to be replaced according to Hyundai and that's the price of a new vehicle. I ended up going with a Mustang Mach-e.
The Mustang Mach E seems like the way to go for an affordable EV. Especially considering they're used as fleet vehicles so you know there will be plenty of parts and knowledge on how to work on them out there. I just wish they could tow. I have a very small/light boat. It would be fine towing back and forth to the ramp.
The fleet vehicle part is a big point! Ford claims the Mach-e has a towing capacity of 3,306 lbs and have recommended I take mine to Uhaul for a hitch install.
Last I looked it up, the Mach E was type rated in Europe, but not the United States. Apparently the one thing our standards are higher for is towing because we expect more interstate travel.
Kia Boyz 2: Electric Boogaloo.
ah, the subscription model for basic security. lovely. soon we'll be paying a monthly fee just to make sure the doors still lock. guess car companies really are just software companies now, and not the good kind.
Keep in mind that the car-stealing device reportedly costs around $20,000, so the likelihood of it being in the ownership of a thief isn't extremely high.
What is this magic device that costs so much?
https://unlockcarsgrabber.com/product/codegrabber-p31-keyless-go-nintendo-tetris-gameboy/
It might actually be one of the other models for specifically the Ionic 5, but the prices are in that neighborhood
Et tu, Hyundai?
Futue te ipsum!
just a reminder that if it’s really obviously stupid then there’s probably more to the story
The Verge now reports that Hyundai is offering a security patch
so this is a story of a story of an offer on the hyundai website to upgrade the cars security
and ive stopped caring this is such sloppy garbage i expect from american technology websites
It’s worse than that. If you read the Verge article they’re reporting on an article from another publication. It’s a story of a story of a story.
So, um, what’s . . . the, y’know,. . . actual story?
Donald Trump raped kids with his pal Jeffrey Epstein.
You can say that again.