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different source (Danish)

It's no surprise, as kill switches are pretty much ubiquitous.

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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (14 children)

There's no kill switch, the bus uses OTA updates like 95% of new buses, and soon 100% that could conceivably be used as a kill switch.

The article lies by omission.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

One form of lying by omission is not to discuss whether this is unique or unusual to Chinese vehicles.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 21 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Similar backdoor control capabilities, usually at least officially frowned upon in Western tech companies, weren’t found in buses bought from Dutch company VDL.

Looks like that was discussed in the article.

[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No I think floofloof meant that the article doesn't point out that Tesla and John Deere products have that same feature.

Common John Deere L

[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It specifically mentions Tesla and John Deere in the article.

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