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Mmmm, all those expired domains with known vulnerable api clients still calling them...
Imagine a botnet. Now, imagine a botnet on wheels!
If the data isn't being paid for anymore, they can't connect to anything at all. Is T-Mobile or Verizon or whoever expected to foot the bill ten years down for no reason? There may be some definitions of connecting I'm missing, but I reasoned a data connection over some sort of cellular network.
But then, if it's some hidden proprietary magic on some unused bands, who knows?
I think it does use cellular. But theoretically, it could use a mesh network of all applicable cars that hops back to some entrance nodes into the manufacturer's network or cheap exit nodes to the broader internet.
Edit, autocorrect
I imagine they're still searching for the network despite not being able to reach anything, so maybe a local hack would be possible near the vehicle, but remotely? Idk.
My personal strategy to avoid this situation is to just not buy a car with those "features". If I can't know before I buy it, then I won't bother to care to know. Keep your secrets, I'll keep my $.
At some level, I'd put the blame of some of this on the consumer.
Something being a scam on some level should be the inherent suspicion of basically everything you intend to purchase. The chances a product is straightforward and trustworthy seem to be far less likely these days than the opposite.
If they're still connected (exitnode mesh or otherwise) and the target domain is no longer maintained by auto manufacturer, then someone else can grab the domain, register it, and the cars will try to connect. Maybe I misunderstood your meaning, but saying a mesh is slow or inaccessible is inaccurate. The whole internet is one giant mesh, and it works fine.