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Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve... by balabaster on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @09:28AM (#10009521)
There may be no money in exploiting these bugs, but it's bugs like these that make a police state even closer to possible... if these bugs aren't found and squashed, they can and will be exploited by anyone who decides they need to coerce and control whatever they need to. One more tool for to be used against... whoever.
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Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve... by fnordfnordfnord on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @10:02AM (#10009727)
If this kind of exploit could be exploited en masse it could wreak huge economic havoc in addition to the life safety issues. Even if the attackers were warm and fuzzy types and they only took control of cars that were stationary. Forgetting about the safety problems for a moment it's kind of amusing to imagine thousands of logo-turtle-cars ambling around parking lots, clogging up traffic, making unprotected left-turns, etc.
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Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve... by balabaster on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @11:10AM (#10010300)
Hahaha @ Logo Turtle... that brought back memories long since suppressed/forgotten from back in primary school
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