On Oct 5, 2014, at 9:21 PM, Peter C. Thompson via EV <[email protected]> wrote:

> [T]hey could not support TLS on their computers and would not upgrade the 
> computer until there was "a strong need". The computer would be dealing with 
> billing for the power used to charge the vehicle!!!

Then it won't be long before people start charging their cars for free. Those 
kinds of hacks, especially when encryption is lacking, are trivial for those in 
the industry -- and I mean electronics, not automotive. It's pretty much a 
given that somebody in Silicon Valley soon will or already has read your words 
here (or a similar report from somebody else) and is already reaching for the 
logic analyzer to start sniffing the wires in the car sitting in his garage....

b&
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