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Hacker Finds He Can Remotely Kill Car Engines After Breaking Into GPS Tracking Apps
Motherboard ^ | 24 April 2019 | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |

Posted on 04/25/2019 8:06:50 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

“I can absolutely make a big traffic problem all over the world,” the hacker said.

On some cars, the software has the capability of remotely turning off the engines of vehicles that are stopped or are traveling 12 miles per hour or slower, according to the manufacturer of certain GPS tracking devices.

By reverse engineering ProTrack and iTrack’s Android apps, L&M said he realized that all customers are given a default password of 123456 when they sign up.

ProTrack is made by iTryBrand Technology, a company based in Shenzhen, China. iTrack is made by SEEWORLD, a company based in Guangzhou, China. Both iTryBrand and SEEWORLD sell hardware tracking devices and the cloud platforms to manage them directly to users,

(Excerpt) Read more at motherboard.vice.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: automobileengines; china; gps; hacker; itrack; protrack; redchina; worldwar3
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To: BobP

Niiiice!

CC


61 posted on 04/26/2019 1:08:36 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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To: Celtic Conservative

“Yep, next car is gonna be a 1966 chevy C10 pickup.”

You got that right. First of all new cars have more ‘things’ that I don’t need and have to pay a higher price for. Second, always a possibility of intrusion of some sort like appears in the thread. Last car I purchase was a 2003 (new) Toyota Matrix after that, probably earlier years.


62 posted on 04/26/2019 2:26:53 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: SaveFerris

Of course, even the SUV’s that were plentiful back then have disappeared. I think a lot of stuff got destroyed by Cash For Clunkers. And that’s a shame.

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that was the plan... to remove them from the US. To move people into more controlled and trackable vehicles.


63 posted on 04/26/2019 2:50:42 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Another reason why I will get my K5 Blazer back in running condition someday.


64 posted on 04/26/2019 3:52:11 AM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Swap for an HEI or some other aftermarket electronic ignition.

I did that for my 65 Willys jeep and what a difference it made.


65 posted on 04/26/2019 3:53:28 AM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: wally_bert

They still make small block crate engines. Go for it.

CC


66 posted on 04/26/2019 4:02:05 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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To: Celtic Conservative

I figured that was going to eventually happen.

My Willys jeep goes for major surgery first, then CJ7 reassembly, and finally K5. I will pick at all of them in the meantime, doing what I can.


67 posted on 04/26/2019 5:00:09 AM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: thoughtomator

Stalker spouses are using onstar to track their partners. It’s creepy.


68 posted on 04/26/2019 5:06:31 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Would a lead replacement be something like Chevron’s Techron?


69 posted on 04/26/2019 5:48:44 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Chickensoup; null and void

Well, at one time, people would have accused you of being part of the tinfoil nut-job conspiracy ping list.

I’m sure that was a side benefit of boosting the dying GM.


70 posted on 04/26/2019 6:07:30 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: redshawk
I like the old cars because I can work on them without needing a computer science degree.

actually I like to joke that working with modern car computers requires a taste for mystery pasta, because apparently all the manufacturers prefer to deploy obfuscated spaghetti code.

71 posted on 04/26/2019 6:12:42 AM PDT by no-s (when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote...)
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To: no-s

[obfuscated spaghetti code]

Hey now, don’t remind of a bad experience just a few years ago....(worst I have ever seen)


72 posted on 04/26/2019 6:19:18 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

We can start our new F150 with our cellphone...from anywhere I think (as long as there’s cell service).

Scares heck outta me.


73 posted on 04/26/2019 6:43:36 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Excellence

Nope, it’s a specialty oroduct. Techron would be better than nothing as it adds lubricity into the gas. But without a lead replacement you’re still running the risk of eroding your valve seats. Unless you’ve had the motor rebuilt with stellite valve seats.

CC


74 posted on 04/26/2019 6:54:03 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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To: SaveFerris
Hey now, don’t remind of a bad experience just a few years ago....(worst I have ever seen)

The flip side is modern CAN bus is robust enough to prefer for all sorts of extreme embedded computing, e.g. robotics, amateur rocketry, R/C aircraft (e.g. drones), and space probes (see ESA Smart-1 for the latter).

But there are still plenty of perverse implementations.

75 posted on 04/26/2019 9:32:52 AM PDT by no-s (when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote...)
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To: SaveFerris

Well, at one time, people would have accused you of being part of the tinfoil nut-job conspiracy ping list.

I’m sure that was a side benefit of boosting the dying GM.

________________

I am saying a lot of things that I would have found unbelievably nutty 5 or 10 years ago.


76 posted on 04/26/2019 9:58:51 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Wait until a single hacker downloads a virus via wifi to dozens of wifi connected “self driving” cars all on the same freeway, at the same time with the virus not just taking control but not allowing the person in the car to shut anything off.

ROFWL

It it WILL happen.


77 posted on 04/26/2019 10:22:56 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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78 posted on 04/26/2019 11:12:11 AM PDT by bitt (The pain IS coming!!!)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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79 posted on 04/26/2019 11:12:12 AM PDT by bitt (The pain IS coming!!!)
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To: Chickensoup

I understand.


80 posted on 04/26/2019 1:29:45 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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