A Ford patent would start disabling car functions if an owner misses payments and could eventually even drive it away to be repossessed.

… a Ford patent application titled “Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle” was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Feb. 23, although it was submitted to the agency Aug. 20, 2021.

The document describes using vehicles’ built-in data connections to remotely disable “a functionality of one or more components of the vehicle,” which would serve as warnings if the owner has missed car payments.

  • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    26 days ago

    Doesn’t look like it on the fuse box diagram or on the connector pin out. That was what I was hoping for

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
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      25 days ago

      I would imagine the exact fuse would be hidden from true view, since they wouldn’t want you to easily disable it. Google might help.