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The Future of Hi-Tech Auto Theft
NicknamesAreStupid writes "Over the past twenty years, car theft has declined as new models incorporated electronic security methods that thwarted simple hot-wiring. The tide may now be turning, as cars become the next Windows PC. The Center for Automobile Embedded Systems Security has posted an interesting paper from UCSD and UW that describes how modern cars can be cracked (PDF). Unlike the old days of window jimmies, these exploits range from attacks through the CD or iPod port to cellular attacks that take inventory of thousands of cars and offer roaming thieves Yelp-like choices ('our favorite is mint green with leather') with unlocked doors and running engines."
Yes I would download a car.
So the other day I was on the bus and I saw this hot woman driving a car. I pulled out the iPhone, SSH'd into home and ran nmap on her license plate.
LOL, stupid woman didn't notice her gas cap was left off from the last fill but nmap caught it. Used nc to push 'fire.jpg' into her tank and she blew up.
True story, fucker.
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We need a car analogy here.
I'll stick with my trusty MagnaVolt System.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
We had car analogies for computers, now we have computer analogies for cars.
Well, here is the same, but in our case if a theft ring wants your car they just show up with a .22 on your window...
You must not live in a right-to-carry state, if thieves are carjacking folks with pea-shooters...
'Round these parts, that's the fastest way to get your ass blown off by someone with a real gun.
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
To entertain the arm candy.
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To give you something to listen to when you're waiting for the tow truck.
That's one, but around here it's increasingly common for cars to be stolen and then returned hours later after having completed a drug run in the stolen vehicle.
The last time I parked my car in a New York City dirt lot it was returned to me with 30 extra miles on odometer. It was also washed, detailed and had a full tank of gas. I don't want to think about what they did with my car but at least they were polite about it....
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
There's a truck in Texas with a kill switch, oh noes!
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