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		tantalor on Aug 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How connected car tech is eroding personal privacy > He says that buried deep in the dashboard is Verizon cell phone 3G hardware that's always on. Who pays for this? Can you pull out the radio and use it for general purpose internet access?

pjc50 on Aug 11, 2016 [–]

The manufacturer will have bought a SIM for the lifetime of the car. You could potentially pull it and use it until they notice and shut you down, although it may (ought to!) be limited to a VPN tunnel.

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