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Martak Sarno

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16. other nasty ramifications?

Mon Feb 9, 2015, 09:09 AM

Feb 2015

I can see unscrupulous "public servants sitting behind billboards, hedges and near stop lights and school crossings" in places like Ferguson, many towns in Texas or wherever the desire for greater income from the unwary public is wanted (to help pay taxes, public salaries and retirement benefits, etc.) Or where "quotas" which aren't supposed to exist...do!

Imagine driving through a town, maybe even your home town where you ALWAYS obey traffic laws and all of a sudden while slowing to the school zone speed limit, your car accelerates to 15 or more mph above the legal posting or maybe you thought you were stopping at a red light or stop sign but for some unexplained reason, you just kept driving through the stop. And surprise! you just got caught speeding in a school zone, running a red light or stop sign. Try to explain that to a local magistrate then just suffer the fine...or worse.

Far fetched? Want to buy some leftover tin foil hats from the past?

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Report: Cars are vulnerable to wireless hacking [View all] bananas Feb 2015 OP

Report Sees Weak Security in Cars’ Wireless Systems bananas Feb 2015 #1

Senator: Your futuristic car is putting your privacy and security at risk bananas Feb 2015 #2

why are brake systems, etc. connected to a network? Enrique Feb 2015 #3

Modern cars automatically brake when approaching a resting(?) obstacle at high speed. DetlefK Feb 2015 #7

Unfortunately you have to switch it on jakeXT Feb 2015 #9

your 3rd sentence is what I don't get Enrique Feb 2015 #32

It's connected indirectly. DetlefK Feb 2015 #35

And it can all be switched on remotely if turned off by the owner. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #37

Michael Hastings Murdered? billhicks76 Feb 2015 #10

My first thought as well... Cooley Hurd Feb 2015 #14

Jeez, sure a lot of paranoids around. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #20

That's the thing about paranoia... Cooley Hurd Feb 2015 #27

It's Usually Just An Analytical Mind billhicks76 Feb 2015 #40

Unlikely, but even if so, don't need a wireless connection. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #19

They're doing it with nuclear reactor control systems, too. bananas Feb 2015 #12

The ODN bus is used for everything now. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #18

thanks,but that seems all done local to the car Enrique Feb 2015 #33

Abuse of related wireless systems. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #38

I had to think about this a while too. Here's what I came up with: mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 #31

"Override the brakes, Siri." mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 #54

Car hacked on 60 Minutes bananas Feb 2015 #4

Hope no one in government or with evil intent and political power or ambition is abusing this. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #24

Of course they are! They use Wi-Fi. Duh! Why does anyone need that in their car? Or TV? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #5

Because the security system is integrated to ODN and Telematics. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #21

True. And now they want to use wireless to unlock your castle's front door..how convenient is that? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #22

In this case, I think Aldous Huxley would be the clear winner. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #23

"Technology promised me a space station for Christmas and all I got was this lousy Face book." Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #26

Looks like my pre-computer car might have some re-sale value after all. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #25

But also standard with the standard WiFi is more standard collision air bags, so it evens up. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #28

This issue is why I'm trying to keep mine going too. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #45

Sounds like Richard Clark's statements on Hastings death jakeXT Feb 2015 #6

If covert intelligence agencies can find a new way to kill folks they will find and use that way. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #29

yikes! marym625 Feb 2015 #8

K&R DeSwiss Feb 2015 #11

This is why I won't have a car with WiFi in it. bemildred Feb 2015 #13

Solution? Maynar Feb 2015 #15

Just need a car with no WIFi. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #30

other nasty ramifications? Martak Sarno Feb 2015 #16

bananas Diclotican Feb 2015 #17

Watch yourself, 93.5% of Americans buy cars with Automatics transmissions.... happyslug Feb 2015 #41

happyslug Diclotican Feb 2015 #43

I have owned ONE automatic in my life happyslug Feb 2015 #46

happyslug Diclotican Feb 2015 #47

I drove Reo-Diamond M35s, the GMCs were either WWII Surplus or M135s. happyslug Feb 2015 #48

happyslug Diclotican Feb 2015 #49

My unit had "Multi-Fuel" M35s happyslug Feb 2015 #51

happyslug Diclotican Feb 2015 #52

This makes me appreciate my Oldsmobile a bit more. Throd Feb 2015 #34

First thought...What do you do for a living? I hack cars. Huh? libdem4life Feb 2015 #36

DOT has put these things all up and down every major roadway here in Dallas. What do they do??? blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #39

Toll Road RFID Tags mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 #42

That is why I buy a car with a Manual Transmission happyslug Feb 2015 #44

Me: 20 year old truck, 25 year old TV, flip-phone IDemo Feb 2015 #50

i like more 'n more my dumb car, dumb phone, dumb tv... NuttyFluffers Feb 2015 #53