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Car is a smartphone on wheels. Here's who's listening

208 points · 139 comments · longhaul

  1. mattanimation · · focus · HN ↗
    This is why I buy cars older than 2015.
    1. bookofjoe · · focus · HN ↗
      Perhaps you should choose an earlier cutoff date:

      >Cybersecurity experts hack and take remote control of SUV (2015)

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;DoP71LeQt3o?si=eSWRTaBYmzAOPWEz" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;DoP71LeQt3o?si=eSWRTaBYmzAOPWEz

      1. airhangerf15 · · focus · HN ↗
        It&#x27;s funny you including your tracking token so Google can associate your with a graph of everyone who clicks on the link (?si=)

        You really need to look up the car and a lot of people sell replacement harnesses to terminate the built-in modems with resistors.

        Sometimes if you hit the sweet spot, the car has a built in modem but its on 3G or EDGE networks that have been dismantled. There are several Subaru&#x27;s like this. They no longer can connect to a network or transmit data.

        Personally, I&#x27;d like to see someone salvage one of these modems and try to reverse engineer it for free Internet. It will probably be low speed and they might be locked to certain hosts, but I bet you could find some way to tunnel traffic on them.

    2. ErroneousBosh · · focus · HN ↗
      My 1997 Range Rover has no screens and only 195,000 miles on the clock. I&#x27;m good for another decade or so.
      1. bluGill · · focus · HN ↗
        My 1999 was so rusted that I had to junk it. My 2024 is about the same yearly costs to have because nothing is worn out or rusted away. (EV is also a lot cheaper fuel)
        1. ErroneousBosh · · focus · HN ↗
          I&#x27;ve never seen one with a bad boot floor, but I need to do mine. Extra hassle because the propane tank needs to come out.

          With diesel the price it is, driving a 4.6 litre V8 that runs on propane is like driving a diesel that gets over 45mpg.

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