Netgear just informed users of its older Orbi mesh routers that the gear had reached "end of lifecycle" -- another way to say "arbitrary end of security updates". Options? None really, except to buy new routers or eventually be hacked.
Do you own an EV? It'll work until the car maker says it won't.
@dangillmor "Do you own an EV? It'll work until the car maker says it won't."
How is that an EV issue?
@dangillmor @Salty
Hence it’s really important that we pursue #RightsToRepair laws everywhere and #RightsToDisconnect as well. SO important… Not just about EVs, but everything sold in markets.
#EV #BEV #PHEV #OverTheAirUpdates #SoftwareAutonomy #PurchasingRights #RightsOfOwnership #AntiOligopoly #TechBrosScourge #GateKeepingTechnologyBans
@dangillmor @Salty ICE cars have the same problems these days. I think their control systems were just more mature, so it took longer for the rot to set in. EV's owners were just the crash test dummies for experiments on what the market would accept.
Slate pickup trucks are, or at least say they are, a move against the trend.
ICE vehicles are too.
Not unless they secure the modem in a place I can't disable it
@Salty
Because EV are especially heavy on software and remote control.
ICE vehicles do exist in offline versions, even if they are rare in the versions sold in the past decade. Because the manufacturers consider data mining to be an income stream that belongs to them.
@dangillmor
What make/model are you getting?
@thomasbeagle @dangillmor EVs talk HTTP over HomeAV to DC chargers; new ones with ISO-15118 add HTTPS and certificate revocation.
Which means that EVs need firmware updates just to ensure long term compatibility with charger releases, else you end up like early MG5 models, which Tesla chargers blacklist as the network stack (possibly at the PHY) layer is incompatible.
Stick to AC charging with a car/charger protocol using the classic PWM signalling rather than ISO-15118 (required for all vehicle to grid setups) and you'll be fine
#evs
FUCKING EXACTLY why I will never own one...
Or any other new vehicle since all brands are leaning heavily into the "feature subscription" business model...
FUCK. RIGHT. OFF.
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@dangillmor
I’m beginning to think that ICE vehicle EV conversions are the way to go. Keep your favourite car and change the propulsion systems, then you truly own it all.
@RaymondPierreL3 @dangillmor I suppose it depends how much you value "truly owning it". You pay way more than the cost of a brand new designed-from-the-ground-up EV to turn an old used car into a crap EV.
Like, don't get me wrong, when I am elected King I will forcibly brand right to repair laws right onto the foreheads of CEOs all around the world, and I built my own NAS from scratch. But I already had a crap EV when that was the only option and don't feel the need to go back.
On the other hand I'm not locked out of buying Chinese EVs here in NZ so I have much better choices than Americans do.
@dangillmor
> Do you own an EV? It'll work until the car maker says it won't.
That software can be riddled with holes so badly, that I expect custom firmware.
Today you can check if you can remove the modem.
https://arkadiyt.com/2026/05/13/removing-the-modem-and-gps-from-my-rav4/
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