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Interesting segment about the car hacking dongle


G+_Donald Burr
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Interesting segment about the car hacking dongle. However, I would like to point out that if someone has physical access to your car, they can do a lot of damage/mischief/etc -- including things that could potentially result in injuries or fatalities -- even without access to OBD or CAN. Putting water in the gas tank, messing around with hoses/connections/etc. in the engine compartment, even cutting brake lines. None of those would even require access to the passenger compartment (i.e. the door locks.)

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Honestly you do not even need physical access - you can easily destroy or kill occupants without ever touching the vehicle.

 

That said - vehicle system security needs to be enhanced. 

 

As someone that was in Law Enforcement, if someone makes a device to hack a car, bad guys will snatch them up till the auto makers resolve the issue.

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