With the first time, there will be a second time. Hundreds of Porsches turned into scrap metal in a miraculous and bizarre scene that occurred recently in Russia. These hundreds of Porsches do not belong to the same person, nor are they in the same city or state; under normal circumstances, it is impossible for them to have an incident at the same time, but it happened just like that. Some Porsches were even driving on the road when they suddenly stalled, startling the drivers half to death. Thus, the world was astonished, wondering what the reason could be? Porsche's response was, "There was a problem with the safety system installed at the factory. The issue was with the VTS module, which can locate vehicles via satellite and lock them if necessary; to unlock, the vehicle's anti-theft system control unit must be removed, and the car's system must be rebooted." Automotive experts speculate that this type of malfunction was triggered by a major European telecommunications operator deploying artificial intelligence in its infrastructure, which led to erroneous satellite positioning signals, causing the car system to judge that there was a theft risk and enter anti-theft mode, locking the car. Translated, it means that an anti-theft system on the car malfunctioned due to interference from the telecom operator's equipment; the satellite mistakenly believed your Porsche was stolen based on its programmed settings and locked the car. This anti-theft system was developed by Bosch. Upon seeing this news, the average person’s first reaction must be, is it only this system that has a problem? What if other system modules have issues? Will they also lock the car at any time? Just think about it, you’re speeding on the highway, and suddenly the car is locked; what would that scene be like? Would similar incidents only happen in Russia? Couldn’t it happen in China or other countries? After all, China was once Porsche's largest single market, accounting for one-third of Porsche's annual sales. The incident with Porsche has proven that your car can turn into scrap metal at any time. It’s just a matter of whether they are willing. Many people feel it wouldn’t happen, after all, Porsche is a large enterprise and has some face to maintain; we’ve never encountered such an incident. But let’s not forget, before the West’s top-level sanctions hit, Russia thought the same. It wasn’t just the pro-Western Russian elite who thought this way; the vast majority of Russians thought so too. There are various ties between the two sides, especially since Russian energy is irreplaceable. So when the top-level sanctions came, Russian society was bewildered, from the president down to the common people, everyone was confused. The entire year of 2022 was spent in a haze. This is also the reason for the poor performance of the Russian military; soldiers are part of society and cannot be detached from social thoughts. It’s not that the West is too ruthless, giving no opportunities; the Russian military’s combat effectiveness might not recover. But the top-level sanctions weren’t actually stringent enough. The Porsche incident indicates that the West has many more means to make Russia feel uncomfortable; it’s just that the West is hesitant because the battlefield advantage is no longer there, and recklessly using lowly means carries significant risk. Thus, they can only resort to underhanded tactics. Regarding the Porsche incident, who knows if it’s a real malfunction or a false one? After all, whether the satellite has a problem is up to it to decide; you wouldn’t know the inside story. Once there’s a first time, there will be a second time. To some extent, Russia indeed serves as our "teacher," from the grand scale of the socialist path and extreme sanctions down to luxury brands like Porsche, Russia has stepped into all the pits. It has provided us with repeated demonstrations. There’s a saying, "crossing the river by feeling the stones," and the biggest stone in the river is probably none other than Russia. $BNB $BTC $ETH
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