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Looks like I'm switching back to AUX. I had no idea cars were scooping up this much data. I wish the article went into more detail about what the attack vector
by neither_color 5y ago
Looks like I'm switching back to AUX. I had no idea cars were scooping up this much data. I wish the article went into more detail about what the attack vector is, what permissions, if any can mitigate this, etc but I understand that's not the point of this piece.
- salawat 5y agoIf it has a USB port, it can get data. If you have Android auto or native iOS integration, same story. People need to understand, despite the efforts of sticks in the mud like me, industry should be considered malicious by default. If you don't pay attention to what people are doing and call it out, nobody even raises a finger. Those that do are ignored, or told there's a place for people like them with a condescending smirk.
- soco 5y agoVia USB you can still use a USB blocker, but if you connect via Bluetooth, nothing can protect you, correct?
- philsnow 5y agosee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27041032 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27041032 , maybe this isn't universal but in all the cars I've paired my phone to, you can choose both on the phone and on the car whether you want contacts to sync. I don't trust the car to get it right, but I do trust apple to get it right.
- StavrosK 5y agoYou have to explicitly allow contact/phone/sms sharing on the phone when you pair it.