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		nissehulth on July 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4M cars after Jeep hack They claim that only US cars are affected. Is this because liability costs are much higher in the US or is there really a different software used in the rest of the world?

maxerickson on July 24, 2015 [–]

It could also be related to the cell network used.

nissehulth on July 24, 2015 | | [–]

Good point. I guess there could also be some other service involved that's US only, something like OnStar.

takeda on July 25, 2015 | | [–]

Makes me wonder if that doesn't have something to do with IPv4 address exhaustion and perhaps cars in Europe are behind CGNAT.

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