Well it's been a long time since I watched the show so maybe these were bait cars that the police had installed transmitters in.
I know they can do it through onstage and I have seen where hackers did it through the cars phone connections so if hackers can do it so can the manufacturer. Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2017, at 1:32 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > >> On 3 May 2017 at 10:28, paul dove via EV wrote: >> >> All modern cars can be disabled. > > I read some years ago that GM had built this capability into Onstar, and > would use it at police request. I haven't been able to determine whether > other automakers that use vehicle telematics include the same trick, though. > Maybe they do and they're just not owning up to it. > > Security with a system like this is a big concern to the vehicle owner and > driver. I'm not so sure it's as big a concern as it should be with the > automakers though, after reading reports of pirates being able to take > partial control of various vehicles. > > Come to that, wasn't there something about a security flaw in the Nissan > Leaf's system? > > Ah, here it is: > > https://transportevolved.com/2016/02/24/major-security-flaw-with- > nissanconnect-ev-telematics-system-means-hackers-can-access-your-leaf- > electric-car-with-just-its-vin/ > > (Ugh, what a URL.) https://v.gd/oDmbG9 > > I guess Nissan's PR folks say it's fixed now. > > In the case of a Ford with "sync" I think you could secure your vehicle just > by turning off your mobile phone, or not pairing it with the car in the > first place. > > Presumably, if you disable your telematics system, that way or by unplu > gging the mobile antenna, you lose the ability to have the EV find a charger > for you. You might have to actually break out your mobile phone and search, > eh? Or do what conversion EV drivers have always done: plan ahead. > >> I see them do it in cops all the time. > > Are we talking about a television program here? How reliable is that? > (That's NOT a rhetorical question. I don't know very much about television, > and don't even own a set. However I've read that a fair amount of, if not > most, "reality" televsion is staged.) > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
