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To: maggief; penelopesire; thouworm; SE Mom; onyx

It’s time for the hourly aluminum foil hat questions! Who did he know that wanted him dead?


23 posted on 07/26/2013 10:40:42 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then)
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To: hoosiermama

Did you see this article yesterday?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2377841/Hackers-hijack-software-CAR-remotely-control-steering-brakes-horn-using-laptop.html

Hackers hijack software in a CAR and remotely control the steering, brakes and horn using a laptop

EXCERPT

Using a laptop wirelessly connected to the car’s electronics, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek were able to remotely control the brakes, the accelerate, change the speedometer, switch the headlights on and off, tighten the seatbelts and even blast the horn.

The project was funded by a grant from the U.S Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to highlight the security risks affecting modern-day cars.


36 posted on 07/26/2013 11:00:11 AM PDT by maggief
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To: hoosiermama

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2566303720001/hackers-can-take-control-of-your-car/?intcmp=obnetwork


38 posted on 07/26/2013 11:07:57 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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