Hackers Remotely Kill A Jeep's Engine While It Drives Down The Highway

We continue to integrate computer technology into cars in hopes of making them more efficient, more autonomous and so they feel more like home while we’re on the road, but progress isn’t always a good thing.

It seems the smarter the car the easier it is for a hacker to completely shut that car down, and as Wired writer Andy Greenberg discovered finding your smart car has shut down on the highway is utterly terrifying.

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In this instance Andy’s 2014 Jeep Cherokee was purposely shut down by hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek in order to prove a point, but imagine how hackers will wreak havoc on the highways in the smart car future.

This smart car security test has raised many eyebrows and left people wondering- how good is a smart car if it can be killed so easily?

Read Hackers Remotely Kill A Jeep On The Highway- With Me In It at Wired


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I don't trust on-line maps too much. I use them as general guides, but my human senses have the last say. When I make a trip, I will look at two or even three different map sites, and take notes. Sometimes Google Maps suggests a ridiculous Sally-Go-Round-the-Rosebush route while my eyes note a simpler and more logical way.
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