Your car’s weakest spot may not be in the car
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Modern cars are constantly connected to the outside world. This makes them vulnerable to hackers who want to take control of the vehicle remotely. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology have found that IT vulnerabilities have shifted from the car’s own computer systems to apps and cloud services connected to it.
  • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    A car that requires an app is only marginally less crazy than a WiFi-enabled toilet (which exist unfortunately). The owner becomes the lojack in that case.

    Not much to do about data being downloaded during a trip to the dealer. Some few vehicles have an aftermarket option of replacing the oem computer with a “dumber” version that works like old car computers did, which is to say it only has what’s needed for function and general diagnostics. That won’t be useful for most of us unless popularity explodes for such devices and they expand the range.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Some few vehicles have an aftermarket option of replacing the oem computer with a “dumber” version that works like old car computers did, which is to say it only has what’s needed for function and general diagnostics.

      Which makes/models are those?