boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNow that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own themwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1328arrow-down115cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foonews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1313arrow-down1external-linkNow that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own themwww.washingtonpost.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square62fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foonews@lemmy.world
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThis has happened with 3G networked and older vehicles (OnStar has been a thing since the 90’s). People tried to unplug the OnStar hardware but they ran it through a CAN bus and it would disable the car (to prevent thieves from circumventing it).
This has happened with 3G networked and older vehicles (OnStar has been a thing since the 90’s). People tried to unplug the OnStar hardware but they ran it through a CAN bus and it would disable the car (to prevent thieves from circumventing it).