Our products are turning into vending machines, with the iPhone as the best example.

I wonder how much their subscription for the blinkers costs.

Probably a lot, judging by the cost of BMW blinker fluid.

Toyota sells access to their remote start.

This should be illegal.

So does Acura/Honda. Used to be on the key fob, but now it’s through a phone app with a subscription. I thought it was ridiculous until I learned how it worked. Instead of being RF based, it works using Sirius XM satellite data pushes.

I’m not sure how to feel about it now. I think the satellite version is more secure, but does have a different cost structure.

(I only found this out when our account wouldn’t work for months. Then a few months ago there was a security issue with that system that reset our account.)

Secure, eh?

https://mobile.twitter.com/samwcyo/status/159779209717567488...

Tl;dr: They didn't actually bother to put security into the app

> We could execute commands on vehicles and fetch user information from the accounts by only knowing the victim's VIN number, something that was on the windshield.