Comments on: Forget Car-Jacking: Car-Hacking Is the Crime of the Future http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/18/forget-car-jacking-car-hacking-is-the-crime-of-the-future/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Mon, 21 May 2012 04:06:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andy D. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/18/forget-car-jacking-car-hacking-is-the-crime-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-220348 Andy D. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:41:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14984#comment-220348 Lee, It would take a lot more than disconnecting the antenna. The antenna on your car is (normally) only going to receive AM/FM and/or XM signals. If the antenna "talks" to the ECU I suppose it would be a theoretical possibility to gain access to the vehicle through that, but I doubt there is any connection. The year/make/model of you vehicle is what will determine your risk factor for what the author is talking about. Most vehicles today do not have any sort of WiFi capability (the technology is out there, it's just not available on most vehicles) which would mean the hacker would have to install some sort of device onto your vehicle, my guess would be through the OBD-II port usually found by the drivers left knee. In short, I wouldn't worry about it ;) Thanks, Andy Lee,

It would take a lot more than disconnecting the antenna. The antenna on your car is (normally) only going to receive AM/FM and/or XM signals. If the antenna “talks” to the ECU I suppose it would be a theoretical possibility to gain access to the vehicle through that, but I doubt there is any connection.

The year/make/model of you vehicle is what will determine your risk factor for what the author is talking about. Most vehicles today do not have any sort of WiFi capability (the technology is out there, it’s just not available on most vehicles) which would mean the hacker would have to install some sort of device onto your vehicle, my guess would be through the OBD-II port usually found by the drivers left knee.

In short, I wouldn’t worry about it ;)

Thanks,
Andy

]]> By: Lee Johnson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/18/forget-car-jacking-car-hacking-is-the-crime-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-179641 Lee Johnson Thu, 20 May 2010 18:44:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14984#comment-179641 Couldn't I just disconnect the antenna so my car couldn't get hacked. I have on star in my car but I refuse to pay $16 a month for the service so maybe I better find the antenna and break the connection. Or maybe I just pull the fuse. Where do I find out where to do this. Couldn’t I just disconnect the antenna so my car couldn’t get hacked. I have on star in my car but I refuse to pay $16 a month for the service so maybe I better find the antenna and break the connection. Or maybe I just pull the fuse. Where do I find out where to do this.

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