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Svoboda 1y ago

From Kia Boys to Kia Bots... like why in the hell would anyone ever buy one?

It's too bad we'll never see an upstart automaker build a modern vehicle without Internet access enabled by default. If so, I'd be a buyer. Optimal (to me) would be a modern version of the 1990's Toyota Pickup with the 22re engine. Million mile machines.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/09/flaw-in-kia-web-portal-let-researchers-track-hack-cars

#technology #information #security #infosec #hacking #privacy

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EvoLensArt 1y ago

I would love to see an open-source car/truck.

a spec or standard anyone could opt in to.

Just simple, just works.

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Terry Frazier 1y ago

4-cyl diesel motor (mfg'd by Mercedes, I think). The whole thing is super simple, will run for decades. No luxury BS, no techno BS. You can probably run the thing on vegetable oil. Combine it with a couple of kick-start, single-cylinder, 4-stroke Honda dirt bikes from the '80s/'90s and you've got a solid apocalypse motor-pool.