A rather dystopian if somewhat expected use for connected cars started doing the rounds this week with the discovery of a patent, published last month, titled " Systems and methods to repossess a vehicle."Filed by Ford, the patent describes a system whereby a bank or leasing company could remotely disable specific features-the air conditioning or the radio-or perhaps the car itself in cases where the person leasing the vehicle hasn't kept up with payments.
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