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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by sneak on Monday October 12, 2020 @12:16PM (#24756002)
> The fact that the manufacturer can remote into their cars, does not automatically mean that the car is vulnerable to remote hacking.

I'm pretty sure that that's exactly what it means. What happens when someone steals the manufacturer's authentication keys, or gets on to the manufacturer's VPN?

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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by LeonM on Monday October 12, 2020 @12:33PM (#24756203)
Security and safety systems in a car are 2 different things.

Being able to reset a car that was immobilised due to a failure in the safety system does not mean that you can steal it, nor does it mean that you could create a dangerous situation. Resetting the system does not mean overriding. If the problem persists, the car will automatically immobilise again are the reset.

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