Modern vehicles have evolved from mechanical machines into complex networks of processors, sensors, and code.
Given the fact that my wipers slow down whenever I indicate, I don’t think I’m being surveilled by my car. It’s one big electrical short circuit on wheels that somehow still operates.
It’s like a rather dysfunctional tank. Absolutely nothing that happens to it phases it or damages it in any way but it’s baseline functionality is pre-compromised. When I got rear-ended by an inattentive driver the front of his car was all smashed in, my bumper was a little loose and I gave it a tap and it snapped back into place.
There is definitely something to be said for mid-2010s manufacturing. They’ve gotten really good at building cars but haven’t quite got as far as putting chips in them yet. The dirt cheap on the second hand market and they just keep going forever.
There Are 100 Computers Hiding in Your Car Right Now (You’re Riding a
Data Centermobile surveillance and anti-privacy device on Wheels)I figured there was a lot of data tracking because it’s not uncommon for my infotainment center to crash my Apple CarPlay connection when a message pops up saying my truck is sending data to Ford. Like damn, chill out Ford. Let me live a little.
I don’t have good news for you about your Ford…
I didn’t read the article but these days a turn signa,for instance, doesn’t just connect to a flasher and a bulb. It connects to the network in the car and requests that the computer initiate the turn signal. This means the turn signal switch itself has to have a chip in it to communicate with the network that I believe they are calling a sort of computer. Virtually every component in the car operates like this. It really isn’t the same thing as 100 computers…
We have a 1999 model car. I know it inside and out and there are nowhere near 100 computers in it.
My daily driver is a bicycle, checkmate.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go pair my bike with my phone so I can upgrade the derailleur’s firmware…
shrugs in mechanical
Not this ship, sister.
there are 100 computers hiding in your car right now
Wow! I have a car?
I am as surprised as you are.
You’re riding a data center on wheels
Oh yeah? Where’s my tax break then? And my subsidized water usage?
I mean, strictly speaking yes, but that’s like saying your quartz watch is a computer.
It’s fucking wild how quickly the media work to water down the impact of things that make Western governments a lot of quick money. Like overusing ‘genocide’ to stop people talking about the annihilation of Palestine, they’re using articles worded like this to distract from the actual data centres.
Desensitization
Cars have been like this for three decades. The problem is that some of those computers do data collection & upload.
All I need is a baseline open hardware EV. Fat chance, of course. So I guess I have to buy something used, today older than 8 years and counting.
Not quite open hardware, but it’s minimal compute - https://www.slate.auto/
I have my prrorder but without a price still I am still unsure if I will get one.
I tried so hard to hold on for the chance to purchase one but my old car began to reek of moist unwashed towels thanks to all the rain. Ended up getting a sweet deal on a '22 Bolt with 13k miles for $15k. There’s a way to reversibly terminate the data line with $15 worth of equipment and 10 minutes.
Interesting, thanks.
No it doesn’t. The only computer in there is the aftermarket head unit, and even that is over a decade old.
Pretty sure that my 2004 rav4 that just lost a muffler on the highway does not house a data center, it still has a tape deck…
Headlines are clearly not written for lemmy users lmao.
This is promising career news for data center techs like me.
