Security warning for Internet-connected cars

[mylesillidge]

Car security warning

In April, US lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to ban Chinese-built electric vehicles (EVs), labelling them an “existential threat to the American auto industry”.

The proposed ban arose from concerns that Chinese car makers have an unfair advantage due to government financial support.

 

[FiestaST]

ColdFusion did a good video on the spying of modern/fancy cars & it's automakers.

 

[Quicks]

Best buy old cars without all these fancy features. Just more gadgets that will eventually fail. Less is sometimes better.

 

[Skerminkel]

It would help if these copied articles stated upfront that it was written from an Australian perspective.
A South African perspective would need reference to POPIA.

 

[HAL 9000]

In the 1960s, there was no such issue to worry about - a much simpler time, with no spyware pre-installed...

 

[Swa]

Pretty soon we'll have custom ROMs for cars. It's a never ending game of cat and mouse with tech. And for those wondering about disabling these "features", I have a laptop with a switch for wifi. With Windows 7 it works correctly but when I loaded Windows 10 it overrode the switch treating it like a suggestion so everything can be manipulated by software.

 

[FiestaST]

Pretty soon we'll have custom ROMs for cars. It's a never ending game of cat and mouse with tech. And for those wondering about disabling these "features", I have a laptop with a switch for wifi. With Windows 7 it works correctly but when I loaded Windows 10 it overrode the switch treating it like a suggestion so everything can be manipulated by software.

Yup, indeed.

I mean the Unreal Engine is coming to cars.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1841478394023649678

Qualcomm and Epic Games Partner to Elevate In-Vehicle User Experiences with Unreal Engine and Snapdragon Digital Chassis Solutions

www.qualcomm.com

 

[Grubscrew]

The British, were the first. The oil leaks of Land Rovers created oil trials, which allowed them to track the vehicles.