"These things let drivers say, 'Well, I guess I'll keep my low-tech Honda Civic,'" said Josh Corman, a leader of I Am the Cavalry, an organization of security experts aiming to make connected cars safer to use. These gee-whiz devices work by plugging directly into a car's OBD-II port (standard on every vehicle sold in the United States after 1995), giving the gadgets not only 12-volt power, but possibly access to the car's internal Controller Area Network (CAN), even as they connect to the Internet via cellular data connections. If you're a concerned parent of a teenager, you'll be able to track Suzie's trips around town in her second-hand Buick. MORE: Meet the Hackers Making Your Connected Car SaferĮven if you've got a '98 Tercel, these devices promise that you, too, will soon be able to cruise the Web while rolling down the highway. Remember those guys who cut the transmission on a Jeep Cherokee as it drove on the highway, leading to a huge recall of Fiat Chrysler vehicles this past July? By installing a third-party Internet-connected OBD dongle, you may be making your car just as vulnerable to hackers as that Jeep.
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