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Autohacking -- Forbes piece

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  1. ScuderiaWithStickPlease

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    #1 ScuderiaWithStickPlease, Jun 21, 2014
    Hackers Reveal Nasty New Car Attacks--With Me Behind The Wheel - Forbes

    We need a real Privacy Act. Problem is, such legislation would have to acknowledge individual sanctity by acknowledging that your personal info is your property, to be held or shared at your discretion.
     
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    #2 Bas, Jun 22, 2014
    A privacy act isn't going to stop someone hacking your car.

    Thankfully, the chance of this happening to anyone is extremely small, unless someone is really trying to hurt/kill you. And if they do, they'll find another way if they can't hack your car.
     
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    #3 ScuderiaWithStickPlease, Jun 22, 2014
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    True. But they can stop requiring this tech to be on cars until we know it's safe.

    EDIT: I also don't like the idea of all this info being used for marketing, being sold, being used by government, etc., without and explicit agreement with the consumer.
     
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    #4 Bas, Jun 23, 2014
    Fair enough.

    I'm especially worried when the day comes that all cars are fitted with a black box and the governments know when we are speeding and automatically send us a nasty invoice and disable our license.

    By then I hope hackers can hack it in such a way I'll never speed (on paper/computer, lol).
     
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    #5 Schimpf, Jun 23, 2014
    A recent project by Chris Roberts of OWL was pretty entertaining...& not just because of the cursing with an accent. You can find some pdf data but it leaves out a bit too much data.

    Just google & I'm sure you can find something that will entertain you
     
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    #6 TexasF355F1, Jun 23, 2014
    In theory, could someone gain access to all, let's say prius' for the sake of argument, at once?

    Imagine if they were able to have all driving cars of a particular model slam in their brakes at once.
     
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    #7 tundraphile, Jun 23, 2014
    [tinfoil hat]I wonder if the author or hackers own stock in any automakers other than Toyota or Ford, such as Tesla. A piece like this on Musk's fledgling company could sink it.[/tinfoil hat]
     
  8. IamRobG

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    #8 IamRobG, Jun 23, 2014
    Saw this coming years ago. That's why I have a nice old car with no electronic nannies to drive once in a while. There is wayyyy to much technology and I'm a young person.
     
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    #9 Schimpf, Jun 24, 2014
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    Only ignorant believe law will be a solution. Companies will still use their Kaizen to cheap out & not use encryption, etc.
    Example:
    Scenario I'm waiting to read about, once the next-gen satellites are out to provide international coverage: wealthy business guy (in 1st class international flight) has session hijacked & stock/financial account(s) drained. Possibly converted into bitcoin (or other crypto currency).
     

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