Comment by traderj0e
15 days ago
Props to them. I'm holding onto an old car partially cause of this. Aside from semi theoretical problems like privacy and attack vectors, car tech is constantly annoying.
15 days ago
Props to them. I'm holding onto an old car partially cause of this. Aside from semi theoretical problems like privacy and attack vectors, car tech is constantly annoying.
Are either privacy breaches or remote attacks really still in any way theoretical dangers? There have been numerous demonstrations of vehicles or their occupants being monitored, disrupted, or stolen as a direct result of the modern remote/online tech they usually come with now. I know quite a few people - myself included - who are wary of buying any new car that has all this junk tech built in and prefer to stick with older models for now.
There's research demonstrating attacks or showing horrible vulns like Subaru's remote unlock, but I've never heard of someone's car actually getting stolen or tampered with by a criminal by hacking it over the internet. Normally it's more local methods like key fob spoofing. Maybe I missed a story.
That and for me in particular, my car isn't any more secure, it's a P71 so I was able to buy a spare key on eBay.