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minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoNot sure about the “modem” thing, always has worried me though. You mean like an LTE chip? Guess I don’t think about the open network thing because: Nobody, not even router makers, deliver open network by default anymore I don’t have any other wifi signals in my area other than my own
minus-squareLifter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoYes LTE and the like. My car – for instance – is connected 24/7 to the cloud. I can control some functions remotely. The price is probably full tracking of me anf my family.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoYeah that’s the one thing that worries me about buying a new car. Mine are old right now
Not sure about the “modem” thing, always has worried me though. You mean like an LTE chip?
Guess I don’t think about the open network thing because:
Nobody, not even router makers, deliver open network by default anymore
I don’t have any other wifi signals in my area other than my own
Yes LTE and the like. My car – for instance – is connected 24/7 to the cloud. I can control some functions remotely. The price is probably full tracking of me anf my family.
Yeah that’s the one thing that worries me about buying a new car. Mine are old right now