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Uber’s specially modified self-driving cars to hit the road this month

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Uber to launch self-driving cars in Pittsburgh This Month — You can

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Hackers Stealing Cars

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We’re seeing car thefts in the wild accomplished through hacking: Houston police have arrested two men for a string of high-tech thefts of trucks and SUVs in the Houston area. The Houston Chronicle reports that Michael Armando Arce and Jesse Irvin Zelaya were charged on August 4th, and are believed to be responsible for more than 100 auto thefts. Police… Continue reading Hackers Stealing Cars→

Detecting Spoofed Messages Using Clock Skew

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Two researchers are working on a system to detect spoofed messages sent to automobiles by fingerprinting the clock skew of the various computer components within the car, and then detecting when those skews are off. It’s a clever system, with applications outside of automobiles (and isn’t new). To perform that fingerprinting, they use a weird characteristic of all computers: tiny… Continue reading Detecting Spoofed Messages Using Clock Skew→

Fiat Chrysler launches Detroit’s first bug bounty program for car hackers

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It’s the first of the big three US auto makers to grab the steering wheel on this whole find-vulnerabilities, steer-a-car-into-a-ditch endeavor. Continue reading Fiat Chrysler launches Detroit’s first bug bounty program for car hackers→

Without Government Intervention, Self-Driving Cars Could Make Our Lives Worse

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New technologies can make life easier for all of us, but we can’t rely on the free market to do it automatically. Continue reading Without Government Intervention, Self-Driving Cars Could Make Our Lives Worse→