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BMW is putting Spider-Man ads on your dashboard, after promising it never would (www.techspot.com)
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[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

How are these black boxes reporting back though? Do all these cars just have a free SIM card built in?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago

They do in fact. It's also how the app connectivity works in modern cars.

[–] Ghoelian@piefed.social 3 points 2 hours ago

I'm not sure about this black box, but in the EU, the e-call system is mandatory, so all new cars do indeed have a sim. Though it's most likely not a card, but either a chip (iSIM) or just in software (eSIM).