Re: Hackers can track your car!

Pete Hardie via Ale <[email protected]>
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Any info on whether they can be spoofed?

Pete Hardie
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On Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 17:36 Bob Toxen via Ale <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Car's Tire Pressure System Poses Hacking Threat
> CNET (02/25/26) Aaron Pruner
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> Cars made after 2008, which under the U.S. TREAD Act of 2000 must be
> equipped with tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) for road safety,
> may expose drivers to covert tracking, warn researchers from Spain's
> IMDEA Networks Institute.  The researchers collected millions of wireless
> signals from thousands of vehicles and found that TPMS sensors broadcast
> unencrypted unique identifiers that can be picked up from more than 50m
> away using inexpensive radio receivers.
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