Rob Myers on Wed, 20 Nov 2013 01:56:47 +0100 (CET)


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Re: <nettime> Renault will remotely lock down electric cars


On 17/11/13 02:30 PM, mez breeze wrote:

> [From:
> https://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2013/10/31/renault-will-remotely-lock-down-electric-cars/
> ]
>
> "For a long time, cars were a symbol of freedom and independence. No
> longer. In its  Zoe electric car, car maker Renault apparently has the
> ability to remotely prevent the battery from charging. And that's more
> chilling than it sounds.

Alison Chaiken spoke about this sort of thing at Libre Planet 2012.

Slides here:

http://she-devel.com/AlisonChaikenLibrePlanet2012.pdf

- Rob.


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