Concern over dependence on Ford's servers

[Carsinmyblood]

We are, in general, WAAAAAAY too dependent on computers and communications in general.

It will, some day, be the achiles heel that will lead to chaos when placed in the wrong hands.

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[i8iridium]

I would be happier if ford could find a way to do a somewhat more “Appleish” approach. Do as much as possible locally, without reliance on what I’ve repeatedly jokingly called “the Ford Galactic Super Computer”. I get it that certain things may have to “authenticate” back and forth, but a charging schedule? Really? That should be synced, but not pulled. Similarly, “credentials” for the car should be synced (and if you want to be paranoid, “expire” the local cache on a periodic basis and require new credentials from the Ford Galactic Super Computer or something - go talk to a security expert, not me!). But why does my Ford Connected Charge Station have to have a chat with the Ford Motor Company when my car wants to charge? And vice versa? Why does my car have to have a conversation with Ford when it wants to charge from my Ford Connected Charge Station? All of this dependence on “continuous” connection to Ford is silly (and unnerving).

Because companies LOVE data and statistics. You are the product. How you drive, how you charge, how the car performs, all of it. The data is (hopefully) sanatized so it's only reporting generic stats. Digging into the connection that takes place on a regular basis from the car over my wifi is IP address that report metrics to a third party company.

 

[RickMachE]

We are, in general, WAAAAAAY too dependent on computers and communications in general.

It will, some day, be the achiles heel that will lead to chaos when placed in the wrong hands.

I believe it's spelled Kaos.

Totally agree. A few months back, on a very nice day, my wife and I were working in the yard. Storm was coming in a few hours, so we worked through lunch to get more done. Went to open the garage door and it wouldn't work from the number pad. Went to use my app and it wouldn't work. Power failure that we were unaware of. We were locked out of the house, because neither of us had grabbed a key...

Technology will fail you every time if you aren't prepared for it to fail you.

 

[Carsinmyblood]

I believe it's spelled Kaos.

Totally agree. A few months back, on a very nice day, my wife and I were working in the yard. Storm was coming in a few hours, so we worked through lunch to get more done. Went to open the garage door and it wouldn't work from the number pad. Went to use my app and it wouldn't work. Power failure that we were unaware of. We were locked out of the house, because neither of us had grabbed a key...

Technology will fail you every time if you aren't prepared for it to fail you.

Missed it by THAT much.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

The big Apple software hire Doug Field doesn't seem to be having much of an impact yet.

He probably took one look around and then passed out ?

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