cars
Cheating Automatic Toll Booths by Obscuring License Plates
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on a variety of techniques drivers are using to obscure their license plates so that automatic readers can’t identify them and charge tolls properly. Some drivers ...
25.6 Million Dollar Deepfake Scam, Exploring Canada’s Flipper Zero Ban
In episode 317, Tom and Kevin discuss a reported deepfake scam that allegedly led to the theft of 25.6 million from a multinational company and Canada’s attempt to ban the Flipper Zero ...
Your Car is a Privacy Nightmare, Password Creation Best Practices, Sony Hacked Again
In this episode, we discuss the Mozilla Foundation’s alarming report that reveals why cars are the top privacy concern. Modern vehicles, equipped with data-collecting tech, pose significant risks to consumers’ privacy, with ...
Is My Boss Spying on Me, Instagram Painting Scam, Kia and Hyundai TikTok Challenge
In this episode, we explore the growing trend of AI surveillance in corporations, where cutting-edge technology is used to monitor employees, optimize productivity, and raise ethical concerns. Next, we uncover a disturbing ...
On Robots Killing People
The robot revolution began long ago, and so did the killing. One day in 1979, a robot at a Ford Motor Company casting plant malfunctioned—human workers determined that it was not going ...
This SUCKS: ‘Cars Are a Privacy Nightmare,’ Mozilla Fumes
IoT cars considered harmful: Own a car? Care about your privacy? Mozilla Foundation has bad news for you ...
Self-Driving Cars Are Surveillance Cameras on Wheels
Police are already using self-driving car footage as video evidence: While security cameras are commonplace in American cities, self-driving cars represent a new level of access for law enforcement and a ...
The Software-Defined Car
Developers are starting to talk about the software-defined car. For decades, features have accumulated like cruft in new vehicles: a box here to control the antilock brakes, a module there to run ...
Yes, You CAN Steal This Car — by Opening the Fender
CAN You Not? Toyota RAV4 and many others vulnerable to CAN bus injection attack. Cars need zero-trust too ...
Hacks at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023
An impressive array of hacks were demonstrated at the first day of the Pwn2Own conference in Vancouver: On the first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023, security researchers successfully demoed Tesla Model 3, ...
