I don’t believe cars are not a meaningful attack vector
Considering that EVs are now ranked as the worst offenders for spying on people, just imagine if China was being fed live audio/video + locations of all their customers. They could effectively set up actual surveillance that saturates every populated square meter of the country (including in people’s garages or driveways!) through the Trojan horse of affordable EVs.
We should be cautious.
That said, if China can provide safe and affordable EVs that aren’t connected to the internet… basically a dumb car that runs on batteries… it would be a much better thing for anyone considering a new vehicle.
Personally, I’d rather support Canadian, European, or Japanese auto manufacturers.
That would be ideal. If that was the goal, I’d support requirements for that. But that’s not what we have, we have gigantic tariffs that were implemented because America did the same.
Tariffs aside, the EU is already making it so cars with fewer screens and more buttons will get a higher safety rating.
That’s a step in the right direction, and hopefully, the requirement for all vehicles to have an “offline mode” will be implemented soon, too.
In case you hadn’t noticed, Chinese devices are frequently banned in Canada, especially for government use.
Chinese gear in telecom networks is either not allowed or being phased out.
Chinese cellphones are not allowed for government use.
Chinese apps are not allowed on government machines.
I do believe cars are a meaningful attack vector, with enough market penetration the ability to just “turn them off” could cripple the country, and there’s not much point in letting them in if we limit the percentage down to something that would lessen the impact.
Why do you think there wouldn’t be an outright war with China?
They plan on invading Taiwan at some point, and we’ll probably be funding the defence there.
They’ve already got paid at that point, and with the sanctions we’re likely to slap on them we wouldn’t be buying more anyways, so why wouldn’t they just brick all the existing cars in retaliation? or use it as a threat to try to keep us from retaliating?
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Considering that EVs are now ranked as the worst offenders for spying on people, just imagine if China was being fed live audio/video + locations of all their customers. They could effectively set up actual surveillance that saturates every populated square meter of the country (including in people’s garages or driveways!) through the Trojan horse of affordable EVs.
We should be cautious.
That said, if China can provide safe and affordable EVs that aren’t connected to the internet… basically a dumb car that runs on batteries… it would be a much better thing for anyone considering a new vehicle.
Personally, I’d rather support Canadian, European, or Japanese auto manufacturers.
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Tariffs aside, the EU is already making it so cars with fewer screens and more buttons will get a higher safety rating.
That’s a step in the right direction, and hopefully, the requirement for all vehicles to have an “offline mode” will be implemented soon, too.
In case you hadn’t noticed, Chinese devices are frequently banned in Canada, especially for government use.
Chinese gear in telecom networks is either not allowed or being phased out. Chinese cellphones are not allowed for government use. Chinese apps are not allowed on government machines.
I do believe cars are a meaningful attack vector, with enough market penetration the ability to just “turn them off” could cripple the country, and there’s not much point in letting them in if we limit the percentage down to something that would lessen the impact.
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Why do you think there wouldn’t be an outright war with China?
They plan on invading Taiwan at some point, and we’ll probably be funding the defence there.
They’ve already got paid at that point, and with the sanctions we’re likely to slap on them we wouldn’t be buying more anyways, so why wouldn’t they just brick all the existing cars in retaliation? or use it as a threat to try to keep us from retaliating?
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