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[UPDATE: Fake] They made his car "cease & desist" (lemmus.org)
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Article: Tesla Allegedly Disables Rapper’s Cybertruck After Song Critique.

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[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Google it and you'll see tons of websites telling this was faked.

E.g. that it's highly illegal to stop a car on the road, contradictory information on tesla display (failed update and cease and desist, don't go together. Also return to dealer while being disabled?), addressed name in letter is not the real name, hyphen in wrong place, etc. And tesla (obviously) claimed it's false.

I'm not saying this is proof but saying there are a lot of red flags. Any update from him? Not that I could find. A stunt perhaps to gain publicity? Why not?

[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Post title updated

[–] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 32 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

If I ever have to buy a car, I'll either get a used one from the 00's or look for a "dumb" one. The amount of power that manufacturers wield over our own devices that we bought and paid for these days is nauseating.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Dacia and Renault keep leadning the lists for privacy-compatible cars. Especially Dacia really has nothing that could be privacy-problematic. The only thing they have is the regulation-mandated SOS button.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

My newest car is a 2008 model for exactly this reason.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I've got a relatively smart one, but I unplugged the fuse that connects the "smart" module which also connects it to the "mothership" (manufacturer).

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Iirc most cars were on 3g till 2017-2018 ish, so it should be fine to get something new since the 3g networks shut down a couple years ago

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 weeks ago

Oops, turns out you don't own your car!

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I find this one hard to believe.

[–] iglou@programming.dev 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why? I don't at all.

[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Google it and you'll see tons of websites telling this was faked.

E.g. that it's highly illegal to stop a car on the road, contradictory information on tesla display (failed update and cease and desist, don't go together. Also return to dealer while being disabled?), addressed name in letter is not the real name, hyphen in wrong place, etc. And tesla (obviously) claimed it's false.

I'm not saying this is proof but saying there are a lot of red flags. Any update from him? Not that I could find. A stunt perhaps to gain publicity? Why not?

[–] disco 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a video of it