Realistically, it is spying on you
Why your Chinese electric car could be spying on you
The car was 12 miles away – but the hackers may as well have been inside it. Over a wireless connection, the small group was able to unlock the Tesla Model S’s doors, open its boot while in motion and – most concerningly – activate the brakes.
The demonstration, from security researchers at the Chinese technology company Tencent, was no more than that. The Tesla vulnerability was not used on the road, and the company fixed the problem.
But when disclosed eight years ago, it was seen as a worrying sign: that as cars became increasingly technologically sophisticated, with critical functions controlled by centralised computer systems, they also became more vulnerable.
Since then, hacking cars has become a regular stunt at cybersecurity conferences. But there is a growing fear that they will not even have to be hacked. What if vehicles could be controlled not by cyber criminals, but by hostile states?
Last week the Biden administration raised the alarm about the growing prevalence of Chinese components in electric and future self-driving vehicles, as it outlined plans to ban components “with a sufficient nexus” to China.
The US Department of Commerce said it planned to prohibit Chinese parts related to vehicle connectivity and automated driving, saying that “malicious access” could allow enemies to “remotely manipulate cars on American roads”.
But, would a Harris-Walz admin ban the parts, what with Walz’s massive connections to the Chinese communist government? Of course, many citizens might not care, considering that the use of TikTok means giving all your information to the CCP.
Chinese electric vehicle makers are becoming increasingly ambitious about Western markets. More than one in five electric vehicles sold in the UK are now made in China, according to Jato Dynamics.
Because of the much lower prices, these are what the working class and middle class can afford.
Martin said he expected that Britain would ultimately follow the US with a wider crackdown on Chinese parts. “If the past is any guide, the UK will probably end up doing something similar,” he said. “Decoupling is happening.”
And what happens then? All these Brits forced into EVs would now not be able to get parts.
“EV’s are safe and good for the environment.”
Just not EV’s in a salt water flood ????
pic.twitter.com/ChmVxIK697— Resist CBDC (@Resist_CBDC) September 29, 2024
This was from Helene
If you don’t think that the US made one, or any/EVERY other piece of “smart” technology, made here or elsewhere, is spying on you, then you are both delusional and naive.