Topic: Car hacking

[70CB750]

Long reading, but worth it:

http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/

Spoky too.

[72 yellow]

Saw it on the news last night.  People want a mobile office and entertainment center for their car and this is what you end up with.  All I need is a AM/FM radio. 

[70CB750]

Not even that, I can't stand commercials and half of the songs besides in my old CJ7 I can't hear music anyway. 

[seanbarney41]

hmmm, maybe points distributors, carburetors, and no stability control was not such a bad idea after all

[seanbarney41]

hmmm, maybe points distributors, carburetors, and no stability control was not such a bad idea after all

You are being facetious or naive if you don't comprehend the difference between the vector of the attack and the technology you besmirch. None of the systems you listed have anything at all to do with being able to be remotely controlled in any manner without the addition of a wireless network connecting them.

hmmm, maybe points distributors, carburetors, and no stability control was not such a bad idea after all

You are being facetious or naive if you don't comprehend the difference between the vector of the attack and the technology you besmirch. None of the systems you listed have anything at all to do with being able to be remotely controlled in any manner without the addition of a wireless network connecting them.

I am being both and it really does not matter 'cuz the newest vehicle I have ever owned was made in 1995, and honestly, I have no desire to own anything even that new again..."besmirch"? interesting word choice...its not like I pissed on George Washington's grave or something.  Seems to me like technology tends to besmirch itself, by being market driven, in a world where the market is dominated by dummies.

[eigenvector]

Personally, the problem stems from the hacker - not the technology.  Society would do itself a load of good by focusing on finding ways to curing that rather than installing more and more locks and bolts on computing systems.  (And no, that doesn't mean more prisons).

[BobbyR]

This is nothing new and cars have been hacked before. Originally the went through the tire pressure sensors which took them right into the on board computer wirelessly.

I doubt I would seek out some piece of #$%* to drive because I was worried about some hacker. Soccer Moms in Tahoes are more a risk to me.

[Duanob]

hmmm, maybe points distributors, carburetors, and no stability control was not such a bad idea after all

Exactly! My belief is the smarter the car, the dumber the driver anyway. If you try and idiot proof something they will just make a bigger and better idiot!  ABS brakes, stability Control, traction control, lane control, self parking cars, yet there are still many accidents on a daily basis.

[70CB750]

Ha! Thats the spirit. Way ahead of you, took the sawy bar off to fix it and never put it back.

With leaf springs it aint that bad, still gotta rememberl it in turns

[mystic_1]

"In the beginning the Universe was created.  This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."