Tech in Audi A8 is 2 years ahead of the community

[OldSpark]

Interesting article on CNet describing the hacking of onboard computers. One group was able to access the ecu via a TPMS receiver from another car while driving. Same vulnerability would potentially exist for any bluetooth devices connected to the car's computer.

That includes the almost ever present "Granted, the researchers needed to have physical access to the inside of the car to accomplish the attack...".
FMD!!! And FMD again! That reminds me of being able to "defeat PIRs by placing clear perspex over them". If you can do that - just use a paper bag, tape, or paint!

If manufacturers are that stupid - and I am NOT saying they aren't ('cos too often they are - especially as we "progress") - they deserve to be hacked. I mean, how hard is HWID?... MAC addresses, encryption etc.

This is like reading above about lights that turn with the car (which is banned in some countries) - that was available in the 1960's and much earlier. Like the "famous Volvo shock-impacting" bumper bars of the 1980s (or 1970s?) - a repeat of a 1924 bumper bar I once saw.

To quote the sniffer dog - been there, done that.


Forget what media reports - just get on bandwagon - endorse it and sell your skills.


How's that "internet button" going for President Obama?

[Bugbyte]

it isn't just audio, but one of the things that i think that oem's, and aftermarket companies will always miss out on when compared to our pc installs is customization. i can run any number of a multitude of fe's, many are easily customizable to run outside programs, or change the look of the screen--you can change the look of the ui on some aftermarket hu's, but not all.. and if i don't like what is offered, i could even make my own(if i new how to code).

and the amount of data capacity(i don't know of any oem/aftermarket systems that have 500gb of in-car storage)...

And this is where I think the concept we dream up will leap over the OEM's. Consider a system that has both local storage and mobile net connectivity. Maybe there are skins available that can be stored and transferred over the internet. Rather than downloading them, using an OSDash service, one could browse them and load them in the FE.

Then, begin extending that to other more real-time services like an OBD PID code lookup service or automotive maintenance service that will examine your data and look for anomolies everytime you upload a fresh batch of data. Real-time? Maybe not. Post-processing, or on a sampled basis? Sure.

The services can be written by for-profit businesses. Once you have mobile net access, the type of services are where the innovation takes place.

OEM's won't match that for a very long time.