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As long as there's no possibility of a remote exploit, this actually seems pretty cool. You're telling me I can plug a computer into my jeep and automate things
by jxcl 10y ago
As long as there's no possibility of a remote exploit, this actually seems pretty cool. You're telling me I can plug a computer into my jeep and automate things?
Maybe I want to have the car roll the windows down for a while if the interior temperature gets too high. Maybe I can get my own version of climate control by controlling the AC via the CAN bus. Or maybe I can use my dashcam and some CV software to automatically switch my high beams on and off for oncoming traffic. It's actually pretty exciting.
- gremlinsinc 10y agoIsn't the hack supposed to expose the fact that there is a weakness and openness to attack? -- if they can hack a remote car any hacker could potentially do the same -- and then killing someone via remote hack would be a lot easier... we might start to see serial killers hiding behind the internet
- toomuchtodo 10y agoIndeed. Sending CAN frames directly is essentially a remote privilege escalation (think sudo user with no password). One of the shining examples of this done properly is Tesla; they have a gateway that you can issue commands to over the internal network, but it alone issues the CAN commands. You cannot issue CAN commands directly. https://youtu.be/KX_0c9R4Fng?t=38m40s https://youtu.be/KX_0c9R4Fng?t=38m40s