It’s an over the air software update. It will be all over in a few days. It shouldn’t really be called a “recall” because nobody has to bring their car to a service center.
I listened to a presentation by a former hacker now working for Microsoft. He said, an engineer invents something like a phone. Now you can make phone calls. A hacker asks, what else can I make it do? The ability to update the software in your car over the air sounds cool. But, what else can a person with bad intentions do with that capability? I think we have reached a point where our tools, that should be under the total control of the physical user, can now do things that user doesn’t want them to do. Frankly, I don’t want my appliances, for example, talking about me behind my back.
That is absolutely horrifying. I’m going to assume this “feature” cannot be disabled. Therefore there is no guarantee that the product will remain in the condition it was purchased in the future.