Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.bofh.team!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Edward Rawde" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: About WiFi7 Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 14:44:36 -0400 Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Lines: 96 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 18:44:36 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="33053"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" Cancel-Lock: sha1:exLRqQdo5jUd3oKRixlvLfkSdAU= sha256:o7ORh6ibHESKp1TlS+6ivLqVV5R8f/phDAYV+cRLR7E= sha1:IGXIC6IZlJhs1JQg3dNYkGHwQBc= sha256:1pHFqrg4H1937s4uiCdO1R4zmCKQHq0RMFYPRQnq3fY= X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Priority: 3 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 Bytes: 5885 "Don Y" wrote in message news:vad8t7$1g6q4$1@dont-email.me... > On 8/24/2024 9:02 AM, Edward Rawde wrote: >>>>>>> They don't have to. The CAR does it. >>>>>> >>>>>> By what means? Please describe the specific communication channel the car is using when it uploads my driving habits to the >>>>>> manufacturer. >>>>> >>>>> Ask your car *manufacturer* what bands they use. >>>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> You must have an old (or cheap) car. >> >>> Most modern cars "talk" to their makers. >> >> So you keep saying but you never specify how. > > Why do *I* have to figure it out You don't. Like I said it's ok if you don't know. > -- are you too lazy to find an answer to > your own question? > > 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). > > Ask yourself how GM got that information. > > 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 to produce a live map of > traffic conditions (that can then be sold -- as a service -- to > those verysame folks as subscribers) > > 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. > > Or, *running*! > >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> 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? >> >> If you would be kind enough to answer in one paragraph instead of writing five paragraphs about something unrelated then I'm >> interested. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> I can now do some real work (from anywhere). >> >> 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? >> >>> I can "get help" or ask for specific directions to a location >>> not present in my GPS's database by simply pushing a button. >>> >>> I suspect electric vehicles are even bigger "tattlers" -- esp with their >>> software update needs... >> >> 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. >> >> Happy retirement and good luck with the electric car in winter. >> >>> >>> >> >> > >