[ale] Hackers can track your car!

[jc.lightner at comcast.net]

…by which point you’d need to buy new tires that can be tracked.   

I’m annoyed that my 2017  gives me low tire pressure alerts but makes me figure out which one is low.   Newer vehicles display which tire it is.

 

From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Jim Kinney via Ale
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2026 8:59 AM
To: Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com>; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Cc: Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ale] Hackers can track your car!

 

The good news is they can only track for about 5 years. Then the batteries run down.

 

-- 
James P. Kinney III

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain

http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/

 

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 5:36 PM Bob Toxen via Ale <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org> > wrote:

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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.

https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31e87_0x246fd3x021858
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