[ale] Hackers can track your car!

[Bob Toxen]

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ACM TechNews; Friday, February 27, 2026

Car's Tire Pressure System Poses Hacking Threat
CNET (02/25/26) Aaron Pruner

Cars made after 2008, which under the U.S. TREAD Act of 2000 must be
equipped with tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) for road safety,
may expose drivers to covert tracking, warn researchers from Spain's
IMDEA Networks Institute.  The researchers collected millions of wireless
signals from thousands of vehicles and found that TPMS sensors broadcast
unencrypted unique identifiers that can be picked up from more than 50m
away using inexpensive radio receivers.

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