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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Connected car hacking: Who's to blame?

I’ve just about recovered from the sensory overload that is CES to gather my thoughts from what was another fascinating event. This blog, on connected car hacking, is the first of two posts.
New cars are networked computers with an engine attached. Yours doesn’t sync with your phone when it detects you driving? That’s so 2016. At this year’s CES, we saw cars that attempt to connect all the dots along your morning commute, including suggesting routes with less congestion, reminding you of appointments and such. But when this complex ecosystem has issues, who do you call? Auto manufacturers point to the third party computer systems, and they, in turn, point to upstream providers. You’re now driving a tech mashup that just happens to be mobile.


Connected car hacking: Who's to blame?

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