> work in a software company from India
> bought an ev 2 wheeler
> the company provided statistics about the distance travelled, efficiency,
range, all in different driving modes
> felt happy to know all these
> company discontinued sending all the statistics, stopped web login by saying
all details would be available on the phone app
> 3 months got over, but no new features available on the phone app
> try to snoop what’s happening on their app
> found the api key and url from the app log.
> MF, they track 20+ parameters for each trip including the number of times the
horn is pressed > why the horn count? What are they going to get by tracking it?
🤔
> all the EVs are privacy nightmares.
Open source vehicles when?
In the end, that what we want. Open Source everything. Then everything can be repaired and learnt from.
When regulators make this reasonable. A lot of OEMs are interested in FOSS, but liability makes it hard - especially for safety critical domains.