shoulda used the library computers

Post #323,065 by boxley 3/18/10 8:52:54 AM Reply	shoulda used the library computers http://www.wired.com...cker-bricks-cars/ More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments. If we torture the data long enough, it will confess. (Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, 1991)
Post #323,068 by drook 3/18/10 10:25:41 AM Reply	I wonder ... Do those systems have any safeguards in place to make sure a vehicle isn't disabled while it's moving? Once you've enabled remote control that can be accessed by a hackable system -- and if you've enabled remote control, it is on a hackable system -- are those safeguards actually worth anything? -- Drew
Post #323,071 by SpiceWare 3/18/10 10:59:09 AM Reply	4th paragraph-"The system will not stop a running vehicle."
Post #323,073 by drook 3/18/10 12:14:52 PM 3/18/10 12:15:04 PM Reply	3rd-from-last paragraph ... Krueger disputes that the horns were honking in the middle of the night; he says the horn honking can only be activated between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. He might be right. Or it might be that the horn time limit is built into the website, not the black box, and it can be circumvented. Is the ignition limiter the same? -- Drew Edited by drook March 18, 2010, 12:15:04 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #323,101 by scoenye 3/18/10 7:06:59 PM Reply	Begs the question... Do they recall the vehicle to remove the kit once it has been paid, or does the unsuspecting (from the story I imply this was a classified op) owner drive around with a timebomb ticking under the dash forever?
Post #323,102 by boxley 3/18/10 7:12:48 PM Reply	no, the owners know about it met a guy at the liquor store who was asking the owner if he could park the truck. I asked him if he needed a jump and he told me how his bank had one installed. His pmt was due friday, this was saturday night If we torture the data long enough, it will confess. (Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, 1991)

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