boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNow that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own themwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down116cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1318arrow-down1external-linkNow that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own themwww.washingtonpost.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square66fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoThis has happened with 3G networked and older vehicles (OnStar has been a thing since the 90’s). People tried to unplug the OnStar hardware but they ran it through a CAN bus and it would disable the car (to prevent thieves from circumventing it).
This has happened with 3G networked and older vehicles (OnStar has been a thing since the 90’s). People tried to unplug the OnStar hardware but they ran it through a CAN bus and it would disable the car (to prevent thieves from circumventing it).