Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate
samcurry.net
On June 11th, 2024, we discovered a set of vulnerabilities in Kia vehicles that allowed remote control over key functions using only a license plate. These attacks could be executed remotely on any hardware-equipped vehicle in about 30 seconds, regardless of whether it had an active Kia Connect subscription.
    • Slatlun@lemmy.mlEnglish
      243·
      3 months ago

      I think the point is that there isn’t a good enough reason to put internet in a car that negates the risk of it.

      It is like adding lead to food. It’s a cheap sweetener with no calories. You can argue that cheap sweeteners aren’t important to you, but I don’t think you can argue that it isn’t a good reason. It just isn’t a good enough reason to negate the risk.

            • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              11·
              3 months ago

              “Not good enough” = not important to you

              you have misunderstood something.

              not good enough means the downsides highly, severely outweigh the upsides. It’s not that “I wouldn’t use it and then you shouldn’t have it either”, it’s that there are very good reasons to not have these in my car, or anyone’s really, in a way where they cannot be removed!

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      frankly they aren’t good reasons.

      the first bunch provides info and abilities that are only relevant when you are in the car. this is like wanting to know your house’s temperature when you are in the store, or on vacation. what the fuck you do with that information?

      the remaining about the alarm and it being stolen, what are you going to do with this? go after them with your 4th car and a shotgun? let’s hope they did not disconnect the batteries…

      if you absolutely cannot live without these, you should by an extension that does this, instead of forcing this shit on everyone

        • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          I don’t know what “the first bunch” is so I can’t answer that but these are all definitely use while away from the car.

          sorry, I wanted to mean these:

          My car reminds me if the doors are unlocked or left open. I can adjust the charging speed at any time. I can turn on the HVAC and seat heaters before I leave. I can see my current state of charge. I can see exactly what is happening when my alarm goes off

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          Is that a real question? You’re going to figure out why your alarm is going off, and if it’s stolen you’re going to give it to the police so they can recover it…

          yes, why do you need a moving, online accessible high quality surveillance camera system is a real question.
          I don’t think you need this to report it to the police, the loud alarm and policeman on the road searching for the stolen car has worked well for decades. or at least I haven’t heard of car theft in… a pretty long time, so long that I don’t even remember.

          I dunno what an “extension” is but pretty sure it doesn’t exist or can’t do these things.

          oh it would exist if laws would force car makers to not place unremovable tracking systems in the car by default.

          but I that being said, think these tings do exist, in the form of little devices thay you can connect to your car’s OBD port, and they have a GPS receiver and a SIM slot to do it’s job.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
      41·
      3 months ago

      You can argue that those are not important to you, personally but I don’t think you can argue that they aren’t good reasons.

      These sound like “value-add module purchased at or after time of sale” reasons.

      In short, they’re features and not requirements.