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Hacking Subaru: Tracking and Controlling Cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel. (samcurry.net)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The scary part to me (noted in the article as well) is less the technical hack but more so the amount of data they are collecting.

Subaru had/has an ongoing issue where the telematics drains the battery while the car is parked, especially if it’s parked out of reach of cell towers. With the amount of data they are sending, it’s not surprising.

There is no need for the car to report its position whatsoever unless I request assistance.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

At 38C3, there was a talk about Volkswagen - a German car manufacturer - that didn’t correctly secure the data it collected from its vehicles and what you can „learn“ from this data. The talk can be found here, it’s in German but there’s also an English translation in another audio layer

https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-wir-wissen-wo-dein-auto-steht-volksdaten-von-volkswagen