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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>…by which point you’d need to buy new tires that can be tracked. <br><br>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ale <ale-bounces@ale.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Kinney via Ale<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 28, 2026 8:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bob Toxen <transam@verysecurelinux.com>; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Jim Kinney <jim.kinney@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] Hackers can track your car!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The good news is they can only track for about 5 years. Then the batteries run down.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br><i><br></i>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.<br>- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain<br><i><br><a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 5:36<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM Bob Toxen via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Read the TechNews Online at: <a href="http://technews.acm.org" target="_blank">http://technews.acm.org</a><br>(c) 2026 Smithbucklin<br>This service may be reproduced for internal distribution.<br>ACM TechNews; Friday, February 27, 2026<br><br>Car's Tire Pressure System Poses Hacking Threat<br>CNET (02/25/26) Aaron Pruner<br><br>Cars made after 2008, which under the U.S. TREAD Act of 2000 must be<br>equipped with tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) for road safety,<br>may expose drivers to covert tracking, warn researchers from Spain's<br>IMDEA Networks Institute. The researchers collected millions of wireless<br>signals from thousands of vehicles and found that TPMS sensors broadcast<br>unencrypted unique identifiers that can be picked up from more than 50m<br>away using inexpensive radio receivers.<br><br><a href="https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31e87_0x246fd3x021858" target="_blank">https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31e87_0x246fd3x021858</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org" target="_blank">Ale@ale.org</a><br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" target="_blank">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo" target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>