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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: redshawk

Nice. Had a Mach 1 - same engine


41 posted on 04/25/2019 9:40:49 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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To: DUMBGRUNT

If it has GPS hidden, I can find and blind it.


42 posted on 04/25/2019 9:58:35 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Eddie01

‘73 IH bus and ‘77 Scout 4x4 (I carry 2 spare Gold Boxes). I will come by when you need a lift. < beg >


43 posted on 04/25/2019 10:00:47 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Don W

I’ve seen the new Gladiator on the road yet?

Waiting for the 2 door next year.


44 posted on 04/25/2019 10:08:19 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“Hacker Finds He Can Remotely Kill Car Engines After Breaking Into GPS Tracking Apps”

Ummm, not my 57 Bel Air. It laughs at hackers.


45 posted on 04/25/2019 10:16:06 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“But, but... that sucker has points and a condenser!”

I run magnetic pickup distributors in my 57 Bel Air and 67 Camaro.


46 posted on 04/25/2019 10:17:42 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: Don W

On 131 North in Michigan west, I left fully loaded for K’zoo

With guitars in store and one amp maybe more I set out for Paw Paw jam down.

My ‘71 spun 29 times it is told as it rested in the icy dark median.

A pickup is said to have saved me from dead as towed me back on up on to the freeway.

better?


47 posted on 04/25/2019 10:22:48 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: doug from upland

123456 is not a dumb password.

I would have guessed 123457.

\s


48 posted on 04/25/2019 10:27:14 PM PDT by TheNext (Democrats kill people with Gun Control)
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To: doorgunner69

sounds interesting


49 posted on 04/25/2019 10:33:19 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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To: Eddie01

QUE?


50 posted on 04/25/2019 10:48:50 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Eddie01

I imagine to the tune of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”?


51 posted on 04/25/2019 10:54:57 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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To: Celtic Conservative

Does the ignition come in a wood case? =[>:


52 posted on 04/25/2019 10:58:20 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: SaveFerris

bingo


53 posted on 04/25/2019 10:58:20 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Don W

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0djHJBAP3U

these guys


54 posted on 04/25/2019 10:59:08 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Don W

Edmond Fitzgerald

A real life story with the exception you would have passed me by instead the the really cool dude who actually towed my Camaro out of the media fully loaded for K’zoo before the cops showed up.


55 posted on 04/25/2019 11:03:37 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

Were you in that kind of trouble, I don’t care WHO you are, I would help you out, no matter who you are. Good grief, what do you think I am?


56 posted on 04/25/2019 11:20:33 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: jonrick46

No, but the driver’s head does.

CC


57 posted on 04/25/2019 11:23:59 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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To: Don W

Your earlier post said if you “beg”. Your words not mine.


58 posted on 04/26/2019 12:05:36 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

My post had < BEG > in it, which in original, oldtimer’s internet speak means < BIG EVIL GRIN > < BEG >

Good grief, are these snowflakes EVERYWHERE?

Goodness gracious, GET OVER YOURSELF!!


59 posted on 04/26/2019 12:11:50 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

60 posted on 04/26/2019 1:02:09 AM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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