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Says on the link that fitting is free of charge?Hi,
Anyone know how much they charge to fit the Free Mercedes Me adaptor?
Been free for a good 6 months, cheers for posting though
There's no need for that... the risk is negligible.I unplugged mine when I realised it was transmitting Bluetooth all the time. Only a matter of time before there’s a hack & lowlifes can open the doors etc.
Cars are being stolen through keyless access as we know, & this stinks of making it ten times easier.
That, & in all honestly it was absolute cr@p!
Nige
Thanks for the heads up.Been free for a good 6 months, cheers for posting though
Thanks for the heads up.
There's no need for that... the risk is negligible.
One of the reasons that the Mercedes Me Adapter does bugger-all other than pull some data off the ECU is precisely this, i.e. that security cannot be guaranteed over a Bluetooth connection.
This is why in order to have any sort of service from Mercedes Me (not Mercedes Me Adapter) that can actually activate things on the car, you need to have the factory-fitted KOM Module with the built-in Vodafone simcard.
So there's no need to worry about the security of the Mercedes Me Adapter... it will never have any meaningful or potentially-harmful functionality anyway.
But this is also why removing it is neither here nor there... there's no risk, but there's also little real benefit.
Said that, it's a nice toy, and I do like it, I just don't expect too much of it.
...the risk is negligible...
Are you sure about that?...
Yes I am... the risk is negligible. read the article carefully.
Firstly there's 2FA on the Mercedes Me Dongle (BT PIN plus your Mercedes Me password).
Secondly the idea that you can amplify the BT range by 'x10 or x100' is - in this article - theoretical, and has not been demonstrated.
Thirdly they relied on a bug in the Bosch software that allowed sending an instruction to car's CANBUS, a bug which Bosch has now fixed, and it's not a given that the Mercedes Me software will have a similar bug.
And last, the worse case scenario if all off the above events are aligned, is that the hackers could 'stop the car' - and this again is theorised but not demonstrated.
So my view remains that the risk is negligible.
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