Controlling vehicle features of Nissan LEAFs remotely via vulnerable APIs

Re:Controlling vehicle features of Nissan LEAFs remotely via... by codeulike on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @10:51AM (#11167609)

Was just arranging to go and look at used Leafs tomorrow : (

If I don't register my car with the app, does that protect me?

edit: yep sounds like it does.

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Re:Controlling vehicle features of Nissan LEAFs remotely via... by grahamel on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @12:03PM (#11168243)

Do they disconnect/unregister the previous owner when you buy the car second hand?

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Re:Controlling vehicle features of Nissan LEAFs remotely via... by mkohler on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @01:59PM (#11169191)

I bought a used Leaf two weeks ago from a dealer. From the dash computer, I saw the previous owner's CarWings username and password, as well as his address book, Bluetooth details, and lots of other history. I called Nissan to register the car with the Owner's portal (https://owners.nissanusa.com) and remember being surprised that I didn't have to give Nissan anything that proved I owned the car.

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Re:Controlling vehicle features of Nissan LEAFs remotely via... by codeulike on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @12:07PM (#11168271)

hmm, good point

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Re:Controlling vehicle features of Nissan LEAFs remotely via... by outworlder on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @06:21PM (#11171060)

Buy the "S" version if you don't care about the extras. It will not have the navigation module, so no carwings either.

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