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Thread subject as per title really. The high court imposed an injunction on the University of Birmingham's Flavio Garcia, a lecturer in computer science, who has cracked the security system used by such cars as Porsches, Audis, Bentleys and Lamborghinis . The cars are protected by the system called Megamos Crypto, an algorithm which works out the codes that are sent between the key and car that allows the car to verify the identity of the ignition key. Scientist banned from revealing codes used to start luxury cars | Technology | guardian.co.uk.
As usual it poses the question -how secure is your car. If cars are developed to the extent they can supposedly only be started with the keys - which you as the owner are responsible for- what happens if the car is " hacked" and stolen. Places the owner in a potentially liable insurance position because "on paper" at least the car can't be stolen without the access to the proper keys.
As usual it poses the question -how secure is your car. If cars are developed to the extent they can supposedly only be started with the keys - which you as the owner are responsible for- what happens if the car is " hacked" and stolen. Places the owner in a potentially liable insurance position because "on paper" at least the car can't be stolen without the access to the proper keys.