Nobody’s mentioned that the vulnerability was “immediately” fixed (within 24h according to a comment on a related post in the cybersecurity community). Like, the fact that this is even possible to begin with is obviously bullshit, and makes me wish I’d ripped the starlink box out of my car, but this is not the rampant and actively exploited thing that the headline would have me believe it is.
We should all start asking around our local auto shops that handle software and ask if they disable gps or internet services.
It’s not illegal to modify your own vehicle (yet) so jailbreaking these shitty cars would be an awesome service.
I doubt there would be any auto shops that can reliably deal with software side elements that aren’t the dealership, and the dealership would refuse.
True, much easier to remove the antennas and SIM cards.
Until you find out the cars won’t start without them :(
We’re in a scary new world… I’m glad I’m old with no kids and not in great health.
Yeah, Subaru can have the Starlink disabled pretty easily by removing, essentially, a module behind the head unit. The only problem is that module also sends power to the front speakers. There’s been workarounds created, but it’s just asshole design at its finest.
If it’s like “OnStar” where you could call for help, or they’d call you in an accident. I suspect that’s why it was done :(
Yeah, good point, perhaps there is some engineering rationale for having them powered the same, so that the speakers are guaranteed to work as long as the Starlink does.
You mean stuff like chiptuning? People do that all the time?
