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VW Suffers Major Breach Exposing Location of 800,000 Electric Vehicles (cyberinsider.com)

submitted 4 days ago by minyaen@lemmy.ml to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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If emphasis wasn't already concentrated on the security of these connected vehicles, major oversight obviously...

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This won't persuade legislators to pass vehicle privacy laws one bit. Not until it personally affects them.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So what you are saying is that unless the next CEO assassin uses vehicle data to figure out where his target is it won't happen?

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago

Well if you frame it like that you might get their attention sooner.