Re: About WiFi7

On 8/24/2024 9:02 AM, Edward Rawde wrote:

They don't have to.  The CAR does it.

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By what means? Please describe the specific communication channel the car is using when it uploads my driving habits to the
manufacturer.

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Ask your car *manufacturer* what bands they use.

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Is this the secret car communication network I'm not aware of?
I think maybe I'll just park my car in a Faraday cage.

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You must have an old (or cheap) car.

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Most modern cars "talk" to their makers.

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So you keep saying but you never specify how.

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Why do *I* have to figure it out

-- are you too lazy to find an answer to
your own question?
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READ the article you posted.  Or, any of the other articles about folks
being "profiled" for higher car insurance premiums because their
driving habits were made available to LexisNexis (by GM).
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Ask yourself how GM got that information.
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Ask yourself how your car "knows" what the current traffic conditions
are like.  Do you think they have a special set of satellites flying
to visually track traffic flow?  or,m do you think the cars already
on the road -- knowing exactly WHERE they are and their current
speed -- are collaborating with <someone> to produce a live map of
traffic conditions (that can then be sold -- as a service -- to
those verysame folks as subscribers)
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Buy a Workshop Manual and dig through the vague module descriptions
moving backwards from the antennae and see what you find.
REMOVE those module(s) and see if your car keeps tattling.
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Or, *running*!
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GPS is down only (no return path) so my car is not using GPS to talk to anyone but it could obviously send its location by other
means.
WiFi almost always needs a password or a captive portal agreement
but when the car is in for service it would be possible for the service location to connect it to WiFi.
Bluetooth is short range so it isn't talking to the makers.
That leaves cell tower communication.
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If my car is using cell tower access to talk to its maker without me knowing then I want to know about that.
Some cars do use cell tower communication, for example leased vehicles where the leasing company wants to track the car,
but that would be in the leasing contract and only works where there are cell towers.
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Which if the above methods is the car using to talk to its maker?
And when is it using that method? On the move or in service or at home or other?
Does the car store information about my use of the car for later transmission to its maker?
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If you would be kind enough to answer in one paragraph instead of writing five paragraphs about something unrelated then I'm
interested.
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It's fine if you don't know the answers. It's the kind of thing I would ask for, in writing, when I buy a new car.
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A quick look at my firewall log this morning shows that only
https://www.abuseipdb.com/check-block/71.6.134.0/24
is worth adding to my blacklist file.
That took all of 30 seconds.
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I can now do some real work (from anywhere).
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Currently I'm trying to put together an LTSpice simulation of the circuit on the second to last page of the LTC4267 data sheet.
I'm having difficulty with models for TLV431 and PS2911
Does anyone know any such models or equivalent devices which have models?
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I can "get help" or ask for specific directions to a location
not present in my GPS's database by simply pushing a button.
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I suspect electric vehicles are even bigger "tattlers" -- esp with their
software update needs...

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Yes that could become a problem.
I can't wait for "Car is installing updates. You will wait."
So perhaps I'd prefer a Linux car.
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Happy retirement and good luck with the electric car in winter.
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