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Nissan LEAF Leaks Speed & Location To RSS Feed

Posted by Soulskill on from the gotta-watch-those-hippies dept.

thecarchik writes "An intrepid tinkerer has discovered yet another security issue with the Nissan Leaf: it could be revealing your location and speed to websites around the globe. The issue stems from CARWINGS, the telematics system that Nissan devised for the Leaf. '... when Leaf owners use Nissan's RSS reader to access sites like CNN, the New York Times, or this one, CARWINGS supplies ... the exact location of the vehicle — latitude and longitude — and even the speed at which the vehicle is traveling at the time of the request.'"

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  1. So ... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 3, Funny

    So Nissan's LEAF is just a driveable iOS device? ;-)

  2. What if I'm reading a porn RSS feed? by bigjocker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Porn site RSS log:

    speed: 60 mph
    speed: 40 mph
    speed: 60 mph
    speed: 40 mph
    speed: 60 mph
    speed: 40 mph
    speed: 60 mph
    speed: 40 mph
    speed: 60 mph
    speed: 100 mph
    speed: 0 mph
    connection lost

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  3. Nisaan Leaf violates the laws of physics by CajunArson · · Score: 5, Funny

    the exact location of the vehicle â" latitude and longitude â" and even the speed at which the vehicle is traveling at the time of the request.

    Heisenberg says NEIN!

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    1. Re:Nisaan Leaf violates the laws of physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Don't you see? This is what we've been missing! Instead of trying to observe the particles... we get the particles to observe us, leaking their exact speed and position in the process.
      Now we just need to find out what kind of web site electrons subscribe to.
      They would probably avoid Slashdot, as the comments tend to be negative.
      I suggest, however, that we check out the logs of New York Times, as they've recently started charging.
      It might be less than straightforward to map the electrons to their correct IP, too... They might be tunneling.