In the Anglesea crossbow case, there were only 17 people on the island who'd brought crossbows. So presumably the police were going through his digital footprint with a fine toothed comb.
If you're one of 17 suspects; a car only you have the keys to gets stolen and burned on the night of the murder, with the car's GPS mysteriously failing during the theft; your Amazon purchase history shows you ordering a crossbow, the type of bolt used in the murder and a GPS jammer; the crossbow bolts you ordered have disappeared; your alibi is you were with someone who denies having been with you; and the phone network says your phone was in the area the murder happened?
While I fully support the privacy measures, I'd like to add a couple of caveats:
1) current cars have eSIMs embedded in the modules, no way to remove them.
2) assuming you can disable the (e)SIM, you also disable the eCall system. Although BMWs allow you to upload your own eSIM, I'm not sure which one is used for eCall / other services.
3) Disabling the MMI these days is fraught with peril, as they run the driver's display (speed, rpm etc) as well.
> On X, some users tried to chase leads on Citi Bike - New York's bicycle rental system - for clues. One user posted details about a bike that seemed to have been the only one that left the area shortly after the shooting and headed toward Central Park. Police later told media outlets they believe that the killer likely used an unmarked e-bike, not a Citi Bike.
I am guessing but I suspect there is an "easily accessible" SIM slot somewhere. Might be somewhere convenient like behind a panel in the glovebox, or might be in the bowels of the engine bay along with the other ECU things.
I would be surprised if it was not "easily" removable though ... Unless they are using esims now?
(Nothing in modern cars is "easy" to do - everything is a bitch to access and tighten/untighten etc - even oil filters etc which in theory should be able to be changed regularly are sometimes in incredibly inaccessible locations)
The SIM card in my 2015 Tesla S is definitely not quickly accessible but it is fairly straightforward. Tesla's mobile service technician took close to 20 minutes to remove various bits of trim under the bonnet, replace the SIM card, put everything back together, and check that it worked.
A car is not like a computer but a rack full with cables running across. To disable telemetry, the telematics module needs to be located and removed.
That touchscreen in the center of dashboard is just a self contained smoke and mirrors for occupant distraction. It does influence purchase decisions for a lot of people, but architecturally it's nearly purely decorative(especially in "legacy big auto" cars).
I don't know much about car tracking specifically, but I really doubt they have anything more than a simple GPS module. If you disable that, you lose fine-grained tracking. You'd still have the phone company triangulating your radio's location, which is lower-resolution, but you may want to disable that as well.
Really, disabling the radio entirely would be your best bet.
Could be tough. I imagine the bus connections between the gps, radio, and systems needed for the car to operate are often intertwined. Might be easier to find and cut the antenna leads.
Materials have gone up. But there are other costs involved than just raw materials. Transport, bought expert services (electrician, etc), tool wear, ...
The GoFundMe campaign was created on June 30th, 2024. Has Canada (or the world) had a big bout of inflation in the last 6 months? (Serious question, I'm not up-to-date with global macroeconomics.)
Canadian here. The retail price of a 2x4 has fluctuated wildly over the last 18-24 months, mostly disconnected from inflation and due more to global supply chain issues.
At one point my local hardware store in a medium sized city was selling a single 8-foot spruce 2x4 for upwards of $14, when pre-COVID it was probably closer to $4.
I remember when prices exploded during covid. Has that happened again in the last 6 months in Canada? Global prices look mostly flat over the last year. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WPU081
Yes, the solid matter goes into waste containers that are burned up on re-entry of the supply craft. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a reading for the solid waste containers.
It makes wishing on a falling star less romantic, though, when you realise you could be wishing on flaming astronaut poop.
> Personally I learned to interact with people in a nice way
Good for you. I think some people can't learn that, at least without some sort of a therapy.
I friend of mine really struggles with filtering what he says to other people. He doesn't want to be like that I think, at least he has regrets of how he's behaved. But it doesn't really improve.
Yeah, therapy might help. I never had a professional therapy, but I did used to have something similar - a strong urge to present my opinions at every opportunity and a strong urge to win every debate. So all in all potentially annoying ...
Banning anything is never about stopping theoretical "bad actors", it's about reducing the number of normal people who pick up "bad thing" and making mere ownership a suspicious enough act to compel investigation. It's about making things harder. A gun on a black market will be more expensive in a place that makes guns in general illegal. Small time Timmy will not be able to afford a gun to back up his desire to rob the local liquor store.
Systemic design is usually about how you affect the margins
-- Dr. Adrian Mallard