[LINK] Smart phone, dumb car

[David Boxall]

The prospect that my next car could phone home is bad enough, but it 
evidently might receive a call and act on the contents.

<http://www.npr.org/2011/08/29/140042759/security-firm-hacks-a-car-with-a-text>
Two researchers at the security firm iSEC Partners recently uploaded a 
YouTube video that shows them unlocking a 1998 Subaru Outback and then 
starting the engine — all by way of a laptop. Robert Siegel talks to Mat 
Solnik, one of those iSEC researchers, about how it's done — and what 
the bigger implications could be.
<http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2011/08/20110829_atc_04.mp3?dl=1>

<http://wired4geeks.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/hacked-in-60-seconds-thieves-could-steal-cars-via-text-messages/>
iSEC researchers Don Bailey and Mat Solnik claim to be able to hack 
their way into a securely locked car because its alarm relies on a cell 
phone or satellite network that can receive commands via text messaging. 
Devices connecting via a cellular or satellite network are assigned the 
equivalent of a phone number or Web address. If hackers can figure out 
the number or address for a particular car, they could use a PC to send 
commands via text messages that instruct the car to disarm, unlock and 
start.

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