Subaru security

In the saga of cars being unsafe at any speed, including at a stand still, Ars Technica report Millions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flaws :

[…] he and a researcher working with him online, Shubham Shah, soon discovered vulnerabilities in a Subaru web portal that let them hijack the ability to unlock the car, honk its horn, and start its ignition, reassigning control of those features to any phone or computer they chose.

Shocker. And you can’t even disable this feature (or it is very difficult).

Most disturbing for Curry, though, was that they found they could also track the Subaru’s location—not merely where it was at the moment but also where it had been for the entire year that his mother had owned it.

The best way to secure data is to not collect it. If only there was laws to make this illegal.

Previously: GM, Volkswagen, Privacy not included