Remote hacking infotainment stuff is one thing, but if actual vehicle controls aren’t air-gapped, someone seriously fucked up. All vehicle controls should be strictly local.
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brownsugga@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Some white hat hackers took control of a Jeep Grand Cherokee’s brakes and throttle remotely, like 8 years ago. The only reason to have WiFi or cell service on a vehicle is to let the government kill you lol
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 days ago
brownsugga@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They should be, of course- but in more than one case they are not
filcuk@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I think many vehicles still use the old CAN bus that just wasn’t setup with external connectivity in mind. It’s well known that even premium brands often reuse all the same components.
I’ve heard that Tesla were the first to replace this with something closer to a modern network in the cybertruck, of all things.
cm0002@lemy.lol 3 days ago
Oh yea, I loved that white paper that came out for that because it gave me what I needed to “jailbreak” my old Jeep’s u connect and mod the shit out of it lol
trolololol@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hey not fair eleven years ago was like 2005
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 3 days ago
There was also an investigative reporter driving a Mercedes who died in an odd accident in SoCal in and around then. It was suspicious, but swept away quickly in the news. I remember believing that he was murdered.
brownsugga@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I think a similar thing happened to an investigative journalist in DC