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Some automakers like Nissan bring their own 4G SIM, which makes the pairing of phone not important, as the head unit can access Internet by itself
by madduci 26d ago
Some automakers like Nissan bring their own 4G SIM, which makes the pairing of phone not important, as the head unit can access Internet by itself
- drnick1 26d agoKeep in mind however that the 4G SIM is not there for the driver's benefit, but for Nissan's. It collects extremely invasive telemetry that is then sold to data brokers and consumed by car insurers and government agencies, among others. This is why I won't drive a car that I own without first removing the onboard modem.
- madduci 26d agoExactly and with the malware is much worse
- bluGill 26d agoHow long until the 4G networks are turned off? There are a lot of cars that have a 3G sim or even a 2G sim. They can do nothing because those networks have been turned off. At least I'm not aware of any car where they updated the radio in the car when the network got turned off. By contrast, I work for John Deere and just down the hall from me are people who made a ton of money when the 2G network got turned off because a lot of customers paid $1,000 upgrade to a newer radio. I think most people would agree that there is no future that their car radio does that is worth paying money to upgrade when the cell network turns off. At John Deere, we're lucky that we have found pictures that customers find valuable enough that they are willing to pay to upgrade the radio when it goes obsolete.
- toast0 26d ago> How long until the 4G networks are turned off? There are a lot of cars that have a 3G sim or even a 2G sim. They can do nothing because those networks have been turned off. There's a good chance it will last longer than 3G. 5G was designed to coexist with 4G so a 5G base station can (optionally) use a 4G compatible beacon and use 4G for some timeslots and 5G for others. Even if 6G doesn't do the same, 4G can live until 5G is turned off. 2G and 3G needed a whole channel allocated, which was too much in the US anyway. I understand in some countries they turned off 3G but left one channel of 2G for industrial/embedded devices; maybe one channel per network or maybe one channel that all networks could roam to ... roaming seems more permissive outside the US, too.
- bluGill 26d ago3g was turned off long ago, 2g is now disappearing worldwide. I decline to speculate how how long they will keep that theoretical 4g active as devices using it disappear
- Telaneo 26d ago[dead]