Fully remote control your Nissan Leaf (or other modern cars) (hackaday.com)
from n3cr0@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 08:52
https://lemmy.world/post/31959360

Remember the car jacking scene in Terminator 3?

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BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca on 25 Jun 10:27 next collapse

Is there an option to physically disable this?

When i finally get an EV I don’t want it to be online in any form, is it even possible to get one like that?

n3cr0@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 10:41 next collapse

Install the latest update and hope for the best.

Or try disabling bluetooth.

Or try to get a car without autonomous parking.

Seems like there is no real option though.

pdxfed@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 14:11 collapse

Install the latest update and hope for the best.

The addiction is also the cure.

n3cr0@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 19:19 collapse

That’s what our economy has become. Sad.

Impromptu2599@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 11:35 next collapse

It is not just EVs, this can be done on almost every new car in some form or another.

sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today on 25 Jun 15:40 next collapse

Get a used moderately old petrol car and do an EV motor swap into it.

BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca on 25 Jun 19:30 collapse

I want the new technology but it has to work like the old, and I can answer myself: Okay boomer!

I’ll have to find a compromise when I finally get an EV.

Dogyote@slrpnk.net on 25 Jun 21:31 next collapse

Get an old leaf with a new battery?

pineapplelover@lemm.ee on 26 Jun 03:00 next collapse

Remove the modem. When I was researching chevy bolts that was the first video I looked up and there was a guy walking through it. It involved opening up the panels and was time consuming but I was willing to do it. Unfortunately, didn’t end up getting a chevy bolt.

Edit: sorry, I didn’t read it and it appears to be bluetooth or radio frequency. Removing the modem would not prevent this attack. Probably update the car and hope for the best. Unless you figure out how to remove rf and bluetooth

ayyy@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 04:40 next collapse

This isn’t really an EV-related thing.

Venator@lemmy.nz on 26 Jun 11:06 collapse

I think there’s a few options, in order of increasing cost:

  • get a really cheap one from ali express or similar
  • get an older one that uses a defunct connectivity method
  • modify one to remove/replace any telemetry modules
  • build it yourself from scratch using parts from ali express or similar
  • get a shop to build one for you
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca on 26 Jun 12:54 collapse

I was hoping for “get an older one that uses a defunct connectivity method”

The last car I got is from 2015 so in 10 years I’ll get one from this year (but not tesla).

hendrik@palaver.p3x.de on 25 Jun 10:47 next collapse

Wow, super impressive. Now we need a live video feed from some forward facing camera to give some FPV perspective and a gamepad. And with some more clever hacks, the Leaf could become something like a Mars rover.

crank0271@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 11:01 collapse

…a semi-autonomous vehicle surveying a dead landscape?

hendrik@palaver.p3x.de on 25 Jun 12:14 collapse

Sure. It could do your summer vacation including those nasty traffic jams without your participation. Send back a few pictures from important landmarks and monuments, all the while you sit in front of your computer in your air conditioned home like the hacker in the video. Dead landscape might be another option. I'm not sure how the processing power of a Nissan compares to a Mars rover 😅 Maybe it needs to drive very slow to be able to keep up with the incoming sensor data, or due to delay...

crank0271@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 12:57 collapse

“Take my [family], please”

hendrik@palaver.p3x.de on 25 Jun 13:12 collapse

You're a genius. I hadn't even thought about that... 🏆

monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 11:05 next collapse

These would be better robo taxis

batmaniam@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 12:00 next collapse

The thing that pisses me off most is that cars have these vulnerabilities, and automakers do a shit job of protecting them, but do just a good enough job to keep me, the owner, from playing with them.

yournamehere@lemm.ee on 25 Jun 16:33 next collapse

thats a premium feature.

Dogyote@slrpnk.net on 25 Jun 20:09 next collapse

How can an attacker control the steering?

n3cr0@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 20:31 next collapse

Bluetooth -> infotainment system -> CANBUS -> Lane Assist or adaptive steering

Die infotainment system should not have this permission, but it does.

The loophole is the connected smartphone from the driver. An attacker could deauthenticate it and mimic the car app.

boonhet@sopuli.xyz on 26 Jun 06:39 collapse

Lots of modern cars have electric power steering. Many of them have lane keep assist.

thatradomguy@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 22:40 next collapse

Somebody did something similar for a Jeep like a decade ago… but somehow people still expect the results to be different now.

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 02:47 next collapse

CIA has joined the chat

Excerpt

>Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Richard A. Clarke said that what is known about the crash is “consistent with a car cyber attack.” He was quoted as saying: "There is reason to believe that intelligence agencies for major powers—including the United States—know how to remotely seize control of a car. So if there were a cyber attack on [Hastings’] car — and I’m not saying there was, I think whoever did it would probably get away with it." Sounds like the usual “I can neither confirm nor deny”

Buske@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 13:04 collapse

Never buy a tesla, Elon and any employee can just watch you, hell if they really wanted they could drive you into on coming traffic for the fun of it. Majority of those accidents were not.