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Chevrolet To Offer Unlimited Data Plan With Cars (bbc.com)
Chevrolet has become the first carmaker to offer an unlimited data plan with its cars. From a report on BBC: The deal, for a 4G LTE data plan, applies to cars sold in the US from 3 March and will cost $20 a month. It is being offered with the help of US carrier OnStar and will see vehicles fitted with a wi-fi hotspot that connects to the web via LTE. Chevrolet said it was offering the deal because in-car data use had grown so fast. Figures gathered by Chevrolet suggest the amount of data used via wi-fi in its cars jumped by 200% last year. In 2016, it said, Chevrolet in-car hotspots had handled about four million gigabytes of data. The LTE-based hotspots are available across the entire range of vehicles made by Chevrolet.
Home wifi for $20/mo!
Brb buying a cheap GM
I can only see a niche need for data in a car. Frankly I want my dash simplified down to the basics again. I don't want menus, I want a few key knobs and tactile buttons I can feel without taking my eye off the road. Give me a car without all this BS. Most of it will be obsolete long before the car is worn out, which is a major problem.
I hope the security is better than I expect it to be. Roving hotspots with mediocre credentials could make for some interesting future problems. If someone comes up with a reliable way to crack the current wireless encryption standards any time in the next 10 years some of these vehicles will still be on the road. At least with an uplink they can theoretically update the firmware, but given the examples of just about every company I've dealt with, especially companies that make "smart" anything, I'd be surprised if that happened.
Is it even an option to have none of this wireless tethering to known-flawed automaker systems that aren't designed with a lick of security in mind?
Is that coherent to anyone?
Maw! Fire up the karma burner!
If you sign up for this, you sign up for all of your location data and the operational parameters of your car being constantly uploaded and sold to the highest bidder. Actually the trap has already been sprung and that data (or some of it) is already being uploaded. The real trap is that with this you get to pay for the privilege of giving up your privacy.
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I hate the idea that my car is under the control of the manufacturer and is always connected/spying on me (even if I dont pay the Onstar subscription).
Has anyone ever tried ripping the onstar module out of their GM car? I'd consider buying a Chevvy but only if I knew it was possible to rip out the OnStar module without also disabling any other parts of the car.
The locked phones tethering apps tell the phone company that you are using the phone as a hotspot/get authorization. The unlocked phones just pump data.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Easiest way is to disconnect the antenna and leave the rest of the system alone.
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