| ▲ | California-bought cars can be hijacked via Bluetooth(theregister.com) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 points by sbulaev 17 hours ago | 9 comments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | netsharc 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nobody in the team is old enough to tell them not to name the system after a villain car... https://youtu.be/CWCTEL-PA08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | no-name-here 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Very misleading title - it’s an aftermarket security system sold across the U.S., but apparently especially in southern California. The current title incredibly strongly makes it sound like any car bought in California can be hacked (presumably due to some California requirement, which does not actually exist). Better title would be something like “2M car security systems hackable” | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | stonewhite 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
You pay extra for an anti-theft system, turns out it is an unintentional theft system. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ChiperSoft 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
That explains the notification that I got from their app a couple days ago. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | heaney-555 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Just get a Tesla. Has none of these problems. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | burnt-resistor 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
If it's the Karr system, it's added by dealerships across the country regardless if the buyer wants it or not, and they don't remove it when the buyer declines it. There's supposedly a manual software update that patches it, but it would be better to just remove it entirely. Another thing is Karr uses unique BT MAC addresses and names that can be used for digital surveillance and stalking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||