If emphasis wasn’t already concentrated on the security of these connected vehicles, major oversight obviously…

50 points

Article says the following was breached:

Detailed location logs showing exactly where and when cars were parked.

Personal information of owners, such as names, email addresses, and phone numbers.

Insights into users’ routines, workplaces, leisure spots, and even sensitive visits, such as government offices, hospitals, and private establishments.

That is a lot of information about a person’s life.

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Aggregating information can increase its sensitivity level, government employees deal with this on a regular basis; why are they giving data breeches like this the kiddie gloves?

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Man… just stop putting complex computers that connect online, turning every fucking thing from your toaster to your whole house into an IoT. We don’t need this.

I just want four wheels with a steering wheel and a couple of pedals to operate my electric car. Not a god damn glorified tablet on wheels.

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As people have been saying for years, the S in IoT stands for security.

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😂 😂 😂 😂

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This won’t persuade legislators to pass vehicle privacy laws one bit. Not until it personally affects them.

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So what you are saying is that unless the next CEO assassin uses vehicle data to figure out where his target is it won’t happen?

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Well if you frame it like that you might get their attention sooner.

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Cariad emphasized that the data involved was not sensitive personal information like passwords or payment details, and no vehicles or services were impacted. Only certain vehicle data from online-connected cars were affected.

Mhm. This is the german version: https://www.heise.de/news/In-der-Cloud-abgelegt-Terabyte-an-Bewegungsdaten-von-VW-Elektroautos-gefunden-10220623.html

Summary: 10 TB of location data, half of it exact enough (10 cm) to allow conclusions to living conditions. Partially connected to app profiles with address and phone number.

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maybe we could start to reduce the cost of electric cars by not overloading them with all the connected internet of shit crap?!?

i know the kids in china like to have karaoke machines in their cars… but i kinda just want bluetooth for my music and thats it.

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It doesn’t cost them much of anything to include the modem (which is the main problem), and the data they receive is very valuable. I agree that less tech is good and all new cars (not just electric) are full of stuff I would prefer they came without. But the connected Internet shit also allows for software updates OTA. That’s a double edged sword. Without it you’d have to take your vehicle to a dealer if it needed a necessary software update (for a recall for instance). But obviously, having it means they can do things to your car without you even necessarily knowing or understanding what is happening (risky, for multiple reasons, including removing features with a botched software update).

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