There was a thing you plug into cigarette lighter. It made racing sound as the alt. speed increased.

Seriously, there was some development of ECU Bluetooth connectivity for data logging, which I thought was kinda cool.
But, do you really wanna give someone the ability to to hack the ECU that controls stuff like steering, braking, and throttle control??
Of course ... I may just be paranoid. But is it paranoia if its true?  

Last edited by 50vert (12/19/2019 1:20 PM)

50vert wrote:

Seriously, there was some development of ECU Bluetooth connectivity for data logging, which I thought was kinda cool.
But, do you really wanna give someone the ability to to hack the ECU that controls stuff like steering, braking, and throttle control??
Of course ... I may just be paranoid. But is it paranoia if its true?  

Unfortunately this can already be done.  Most cars now are connected to some kind of network or over wifi for things like GPS, Onstar, etc.  These systems are either unsecure or very low security.  I saw a show on Discovery or one of those type channels where a hacker hacked into a car and changed the gear the transmissions was in, turned the wheel, and applied the brakes all from a hand held device.  Yeah, its quite scary.  It would be easy to cause a wreck if a hacker wanted to.  Yet another reason I prefer my dumb old cars.