• BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    The power train (and other vital components) of a car should be air-gapped from the internet. It’s crazy car manufacturers are even able to brick a car like this.

    Is your car going to get security updates 5-10-20 years from now? No. The power train should be air-gapped from the internet.

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      Companies dont even give a shit about cybersecurity with their internal systems why would they dare put a cent into thinking about security for systems their customers use

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        This just keeps happening until we decide our governments work for us and not for corporations.

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gig_Car_Share

      I worked for AAA during this program and literally every single weekend someone would take a car up into the mountains or down the coast and lose cell service…which would then brick the car and leave them stranded in the woods with a Prius they couldn’t even open to get inside. Add fires (thanks PG&E) and mudslides and it was a massive clusterfuck just getting a tow truck to them, which could take hours or days

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, but how else would you be able to pay for power upgrades? I’m keeping my old cars for as long as possible.