On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:03 PM, cdb wrote: > Researchers at U of C and U of Washington have been testing how > secure car computers are from hacking. > > The result is that many vehicles have little immunity at all to being > remotely controlled, with a remote user able to make the car break, > switch the engine off and lock all the doors. All this via the OBD > port. However as they point out, as yet, this is not too easy to > accomplish. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10119492.stm > > Colin > -- > cdb, 3/07/2009 > > -- > > So if you're in the car and you plug into the OBD port, you can unlock the doors, apply the brakes, and shut the engine off? Is it April 1st? -- Martin K. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist