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No, insolvency of the automaker is not the point. The point is that owners create a better product than the manufacturers when they get past artificial crippling, cloud tie ins that should only be an OPTION, not a requirement, and have the ability to work on and improve the product that they own...

Here is an interesting outcome covered today on slashdot. This is the type of thing that I am discussing. Possibilities like this should mandated as possible by government regulation regarding these connected things even when the manufacturers are not bankrupt. The ability to do this when...

Yea those don't typically work for this type of testing anyway because almost all public wifi has client isolation turned on. Casting would fail even if it would otherwise not be blocked if client isolation is turned on. The easiest universal way to test is anyone that has a starlink or lives...

The part you are not seeing is that this is by their design, not by necessity. They use the artificial crippling of inherent features to block and break things on purpose so they can keep you in their ecosystem. The lock in is so they can get paid twice for the same thing. By locking you in to...

I can confirm that there is no communications going to any IP address registered to GM or Onstar. The only way they could pull information about me is by pulling stored data during a service visit. I am running a stateful UTM firewall in-car (pfsense running on a miniPC that has a SIM card slot...

I agree with everything you wrote except the blind acceptance of it. As vehicles get older the options to buy vehicles without this crap will get less and less unless people see threads like this and pushback starts to happen and/or regulation that enshrines basic abilities of the owner like...

Google map data is free for Rivian users just like it is for GM users. GM does not get charged for its drivers to access google maps and in GM vehicles you can still funnel the Google maps through alternate connectivity. Streaming apps to the infotainment also costs Rivian nothing. I'm not sure...

Just because you don't understand the risk does not mean there is no risk. I don't do anything illegal, but neither do I want my life in anyones control. GM has already been busted TWICE selling user data obtained from vehicles. When you work in IT security you how much stuff in the world is...

Their official response is that the FREE connectivity option does not have enough bandwidth allocated to it. They charge more for connect+ to get more bandwidth to open those things up, at least that is what they say. But when you funnel those high bandwidth features over over an alternate...

Yeah, that response is kind of why I call shenanigans on them. I can ABSOLUTELY agree with them charging a fee for connect+ from the data amount angle. But the fact that they punitively cripple those from running via any other connectivity option that doesn't cost them money is just that...

Have thought about the rental option, but living on the east coast there are very limited places where I can find no signal at all unlike people living further west. And this is very much not just about streaming, but trying to identify any or all things that are broken if you dont have signal...

So you are saying you are able to use almost all features over wifi?

I want as much connectivity as possible that does not have to pass through the manufacturer’s hands. I am not a luddite. I work in IT, specifically in security, and that is exactly why this matters to me, and it should matter to everyone. In nearly every other serious security context, people...

Actually my plan is to completely disconnect the built in connectivity completely. Not just connect plus. I am hoping to find out what features go away entirely. Like does gear guard still work locally without giving Rivian access to cameras on the vehicle, does nav still work at all through the...

Can anyone with a Rivian please do some testing for me to confirm something? I need to know if Rivian is punitively blocking streaming or any other add on service if you don't use connect+. Their stated reason for connect+ is that their default bandwidth allotment for the free version is not...

The why is money. I'll never pay a dime for things that are artificially crippled just to sell it back to you because I have already paid for it. I'll keep hacking on it over the years and if I get past the artificial crippling then fine, if not it will never happen. If it is a true upgrade that...

There is precedent for bypassing EULA when it comes to something provably broken and insecure. In this case where you can use the US governments own cybersecurity guidance on securing connected systems, it is very easy to prove the insecurity of these systems from the owners perspective. In this...

There is no choice anymore. All vehicles are heading down this path. There is no choice but to go with new and fight the issues and hopefully get regulation from government that stops this crap if the companies don't do it themselves. I work in technology. I want connected things, but not...

While you are somewhat correct, the problem, and the reason why pushback is that there is no choice. All EV makers are doing this in some fashion. So to get a modern vehicle you have no choice but to buy one with these anti-consumer, anti-ownership, anti-security things with the only available...

I have been giving examples. The biggest is the app itself. Again with that app you are not controlling your thing directly. You are logging in to servers you dont control, to ask permission from someone who does not own the thing to be able to control that thing that you do own. They are...