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afwriter
6/6/2016 3:10:20 PM User Rank Platinum
Tesla
I was lucky enough to get to see a Tesla in person this weekend and it was ridiculously cool. The guy showed me how you can back up your car from your phone; talk about connected car.
Ariella
6/6/2016 5:20:45 PM User Rank Author
Re: Tesla
@afwriter Wow! On the one hand, that's cool. On the other, I'd be concerned about securing the connection so that if someone gets his hands on your phone, he can't take over the control of your car.
Re: Nervous Nelly
@afwriter: I'm with you, man. Google "Satis smart toilet" and "hacked". That's one attack I would not like to be on the receiving -- ahem -- end on.
Michelle
6/7/2016 12:58:40 PM User Rank Platinum
Re: Nervous Nelly
@Joe I didn't even have to add 'hack' to my search term. Articles about the hacked smart toilets were among the top results! Scary stuff for sure.
Related: O.T. The Outside Toilet (Bob's Burgers)
DHagar
6/7/2016 2:48:17 PM User Rank Platinum
Re: Smart Cities
@clrmoney, interesting perspective. You may be right - they both are also consumer-driven industries that truly link the consumer with industry.
DHagar
6/7/2016 2:52:40 PM User Rank Platinum
Re: Tesla
@afwriter, that is cool! I bet that set an entirely new high standard for you. As those "smart" capabilities are available in various car models, it would be hard to see "connected" and "smart technologies"not becoming widespread luxury options, if not standard.
Re: Tesla
@Ariella - Given the price you pay for a Tesla, one would hope they have security of the car figured out. Though I suppose you can never be too sure. That is definitely a scary thought - bad enough that someone could decide to run you off the road, or whatever other kind of road rage they want to throw at you. This could open a whole new panel on road rage.
Ariella
6/8/2016 8:56:01 AM User Rank Author
Re: Tesla
@elizabethv They have been hacked by researched, as presented in Wired last year: https://www.wired.com/2015/08/researchers-hacked-model-s-teslas-already/ Tesla did come up with a patch, but that's not quite the same thing as proving the car to be hack-proof. However, the article did point out the at the vulnerabilities in that case were not as bad as those in the infamous Jeep hack.
Michelle
6/8/2016 2:39:19 PM User Rank Platinum
Re: Tesla
@Ariella all the research into smart vehicle security vulnerabilites make it easy to buy a dumb car. Indeed, lesser security issues does not equal better or hack-proof. Car makers have a lot to prove in future iterations. I can't imagine how older infotainment systems are maintained (if at all).
Ariella
6/8/2016 2:42:44 PM User Rank Author
Re: Tesla
< Car makers have a lot to prove in future iterations> @Michelle, I couldn't agree more. Last fall I wrote, A Wakeup Call for the Connected Car Industry in which I said, "In the rush to embrace the connected car as an inducement to people to trade up to the very latest technology on the road, carmakers failed on due diligence."
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