http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2009/02/15/security-review-automobiles/ Mon, 25 May 2009 11:35:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2009/02/15/security-review-automobiles/comment-page-1/#comment-7881 Lisa P Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:30:53 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/?p=967#comment-7881 As new technologies that are well fitted for cars have been invented, it makes even more bad people to try to break in cars. A car protection system has to be built-in each car in order to avoid bad things to happen. Not only just to avoid the car being broken, but also for the owners' and the passengers' safety. Something like biometric reader can be a good way to increase safety, however, like what happen in a country, a thieve cut off a car owner's thumb in order to get access to the car. Thus, developers have to be aware of all disadvantages that car owners can get and whether it's worth it or not. As new technologies that are well fitted for cars have been invented, it makes even more bad people to try to break in cars. A car protection system has to be built-in each car in order to avoid bad things to happen. Not only just to avoid the car being broken, but also for the owners’ and the passengers’ safety. Something like biometric reader can be a good way to increase safety, however, like what happen in a country, a thieve cut off a car owner’s thumb in order to get access to the car. Thus, developers have to be aware of all disadvantages that car owners can get and whether it’s worth it or not.

]]> http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2009/02/15/security-review-automobiles/comment-page-1/#comment-7847 Josh Goodwin Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:15:24 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/?p=967#comment-7847 As technology continues to advance in transportation, the potential harm caused by breaking into a vehicle and tampering with it increases. In the old days a malicious individual might have "cut the breaks" on an enemies car. But imagine the more sophisticated attacks that could arise on a car that is more automated? Already many cars have features such as GPS to guide a user to their destination or proximity sensors to warn of collisions. Some systems have been thought of that would even take control from the user if a collision was imminent, and a car that drives itself is a goal of many advanced transportation systems. As these features increase in power and potential consequence, it will become more and more important to not only try and protect the physical assets of the car from theft and tampering, but somehow securing these systems and ensuring that they cannot be tampered with without notice or indication. As technology continues to advance in transportation, the potential harm caused by breaking into a vehicle and tampering with it increases. In the old days a malicious individual might have “cut the breaks” on an enemies car. But imagine the more sophisticated attacks that could arise on a car that is more automated? Already many cars have features such as GPS to guide a user to their destination or proximity sensors to warn of collisions. Some systems have been thought of that would even take control from the user if a collision was imminent, and a car that drives itself is a goal of many advanced transportation systems. As these features increase in power and potential consequence, it will become more and more important to not only try and protect the physical assets of the car from theft and tampering, but somehow securing these systems and ensuring that they cannot be tampered with without notice or indication.

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