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 iTracks 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,
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Niiiice!
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“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.
Of course, even the SUVs that were plentiful back then have disappeared. I think a lot of stuff got destroyed by Cash For Clunkers. And thats 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.
Another reason why I will get my K5 Blazer back in running condition someday.
Swap for an HEI or some other aftermarket electronic ignition.
I did that for my 65 Willys jeep and what a difference it made.
They still make small block crate engines. Go for it.
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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.
Stalker spouses are using onstar to track their partners. It’s creepy.
Would a lead replacement be something like Chevron’s Techron?
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.
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.
[obfuscated spaghetti code]
Hey now, don’t remind of a bad experience just a few years ago....(worst I have ever seen)
We can start our new F150 with our cellphone...from anywhere I think (as long as there’s cell service).
Scares heck outta me.
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.
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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.
Well, at one time, people would have accused you of being part of the tinfoil nut-job conspiracy ping list.
Im sure that was a side benefit of boosting the dying GM.
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I am saying a lot of things that I would have found unbelievably nutty 5 or 10 years ago.
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.
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I understand.
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