Israeli companies have developed and are selling advanced cyber tools that can hack into the tech of your car and use it to collect intelligence on you.
Three years ago, Haaretz revealed the existence of the offensive cyber intelligence company Toka, which was co-founded by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and a former Israel Defense Forces cyber chief, Brig. Gen. (ret.) Yaron Rosen. The firm specialized in hacking into security cameras, but as documents obtained by Haaretz at the time revealed, Toka also had a product called CARINT that fused camera data with data linked to cars.
At the time, the industry was in its infancy. But industry sources say that Toka has since expanded its offering on cars. It has developed and even sold a product capable of hacking into a specific vehicle’s multimedia systems, pinpointing its location and tracking its movements; that is, a specific model by a specific manufacturer. The technology can even remotely access the microphone of the vehicle’s hands-free system, allowing eavesdropping on the driver, and even tap into cameras installed on the dashboard or around the car.
This is why you should switch to ebikes if you can, it’s better for the environment and they don’t track you.
Yet!
Every day I feel more justified in keeping my 1990s car running.
(I’d also like to walk or take public transit, but the infrastructure here is car dependent)
That’s why I’m driving in a shitbox! Not that I’m poor…
My 2007 Tundra? I think not.
I wonder if they can hack into millions of cellphones and get them to self detonate using the battery as the explosive material? Is that possible, just wipe out out millions of people just like that? If they could they would.
Likely not. The beeper terrorist attack had a special explosive planted. Phone batteries can overheat but not explode rapidly.
Now as for car batteries I’m not sure. Maybe they can make them explode or catch fire while locking the car doors.
Or it can cause the car to get out of control and crash, assassination perfectly looking like an accident.
No, it’s not possible, at most they could cause the battery to overheat and either expand or “explode” just enough so you notice it and take the phone out of your pocket without causing any harm.
As for cars, there’s potentially enough energy in there for a real explosion.
Good thing i have an old car.
My car is from 2015
Now’s a good time to remove any sim cards attached to your vehicle/infotainment center. They can track it as easily as cell phones.
I love my dumb ebike. It’s so much easier to maintain and I know what all the technology does.
