Someone just=A0sent me this offlist.

His comment about disabling the access while driving seems wise.
The people in the "test sedan" must have had an exciting time :-).
Passworded access may be 'useful'.

      R

Ref from: You know who you are :-)

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Happened to find this in my new issue of Popular Mechanics:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/computer-security/how-vul=
nerable-is-your-car-to-cyber-attack

The test sedan was rigged up with a laptop hooked into its OBD II
diagnostic port. On the computer was a custom-coded application,
called CarShark, that analyzes and rewrites automobile software. That
laptop was linked via a=A0wireless connection=A0to another laptop in the
chase car. In addition to temporarily rendering the test car
brakeless, the setup also allowed the research team to remotely turn
off all the vehicle's lights (including the headlights and brake
lights), turn on the windshield wipers, honk the horn, pop the trunk,
rev the engine, disable specific cylinders, engage individual brakes
and shut down the vehicle completely while it was in motion.

If I used ODBLink, I=92d be sure to unplug it before I drove the car around=
 town.

Related:

http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Voice_20of_20GOD_20on_20the_20road#117174329=
3
because of:

http://trifinite.org/trifinite_stuff_carwhisperer.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/592972.stm

People just need to think about what they are doing.

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