QOTD: Will the Car Hacking Ever Stop?

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

It feels like we've covered car hacking a lot over the past few years.


We had another one today.

This one was done by researchers, not criminals, and hopefully it will teach automakers how to prevent these issues in the future.

But I have to ask -- with cars being so connected these days, how can automakers stop these hacks. Can they?

It's a simple one today. You know what to do.

Sound off below.

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Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • Cprescott Cprescott on Oct 01, 2024
    Maybe cars should have hand cranks - today's car stealing youth don't want to work for their thefts - that and having manual transmissions would solve most theft. Even a car jacker would think twice about a manual transmission these day with the snowflake mentality of the criminals.
  • Aja8888 Aja8888 on Oct 01, 2024
    I fixed the data theft risk and made all my data fake. There!! If they steal my car, I'll just get another with my insurance check.
  • Ajla IMO, something like this really should be naturally-aspirated.
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh Unless they are solid state batteries you BAN THEM. I like EVs... but EVs like to burn ... for days
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh uh .. it looks like a VW golf got the mumps
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh I CANNOT WAIT FOR SOCIAL SECURITY TO GET GUTTED.. No i am really serious. I am insulated thanks to 24 years at Symantec then Broadcom .. tons of retirement cash. but all the blue hairs and low income trump voters are going to lose benefits and jobs and i get to laugh allllll dayyyyy long in about 2-3 years.. CANNOT WAIT, POPCORN READY.
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh no. to many '''''americans'''' just want a CUV or SUV according to sales numbers
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