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- But Corman cautions that the same automakers have been more focused on competing with each other to install new Internet-connected cellular services for entertainment, navigation, and safety. (Payments for those services also provide a nice monthly revenue stream.) The result is that the companies have an incentive to add Internet-enabled features—but not to secure them from digital attacks.
I think especially with the rise of self-driving cars this is a pretty serious issue.
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Makes me think about Michael Hastings. Poo-tee-weet, I guess. Richard Clarke seems to know what's up.Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Richard A. Clarke said that what is known about the crash is "consistent with a car cyber attack". He was quoted as saying "There is reason to believe that intelligence agencies for major powers—including the United States—know how to remotely seize control of a car. So if there were a cyber attack on [Hastings'] car—and I'm not saying there was, I think whoever did it would probably get away with it."[67] Earlier the previous day, Hastings indicated that he believed he was being investigated by the FBI. In an email to colleagues, which was copied to and released by Hastings' friend, Army Staff Sergeant Joe Biggs,[68] Hastings said that he was "onto a big story", that he needed to "go off the radar", and that the FBI might interview them.[69][70] WikiLeaks announced that Hastings had also contacted Jennifer Robinson, one of its lawyers, a few hours prior to the crash,[71] and the LA Weekly reported that he was preparing new reports on the CIA at the time of his death.[72] His widow Elise Jordan said his final story was a profile of CIA Director John O. Brennan.[73] The FBI released a statement denying that Hastings was being investigated.[60]
It really is amazing technology for us to be connected to the rest of the world at any give time, but at the same time these systems are literally always vulnerable. I mean imagine a car manufacturer is breached, and then what? Don't drive in your vehicles because they are vulnerable to attacks? Pretty crazy future to imagine.
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Man. If I ever needed something to show my wife that getting a 5th Gen El Camino is the right thing to do, it's this. "Baby, look. I know you told me 'no.' Read this article and think about it for a minute. There's not computers on an El Camino. It's totally safe. Just don't think about the lack of airbags."
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Yeah. The 2nd and 3rd gens look amazing. The prices people expect for one in a decent shape is too high for me to afford though. For a while, GM was planning on bringing the Holden Ute to the states as the Pontiac G8 Sports Truck. Unfortunately, they scrapped that idea when those horrible money troubles started to rear their ugly head and Pontiac closed down shortly after. Unfortunately, do to more relaxed fuel standards for full sized pickups, we'll probably never see light trucks here in The States again. So no more El Caminos, Rancheros, Rabbit Pickups or any car trucks of the sort. What's worse, true small and mid-size pickups are becoming a thing of the past as well. The Ford Ranger is no more. The Dodge Dakota is no more, and I fear trucks like the Tacoma and Frontier aren't going to be around much longer either. It's kind of sad.
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I drove a new Silverado recently and I used to own a 2002. I really like my '02 but I would never buy one of the new ones. They are ridiculously large and they don't feel connected to the road whatsoever. There was a sweet spot where the large pick-up was and it probably ended with the batman headlight Silverado. The problem is that I priced a GMC Canyon which is the new "small" pickup from Chevy and it gets crazy expensive really quick. Starts $20,995 though so that's good.
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Yeah. That's how they make a ton of money with trucks. They start out cheap but get more expensive the more you add on. It's part of the reason why GM decided to keep GMC around when they were trying to figure out which brands to kill off. Sure, they could easily sell all of their trucks under the Chevrolet marque, but when you can sell the same easily profitable truck under the GMC marque and make even more money off of it, it's a no brainer.The problem is that I priced a GMC Canyon which is the new "small" pickup from Chevy and it gets crazy expensive really quick. Starts $20,995 though so that's good.
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I like the GMC look for a lot of things. I have a GMC Terrain for my wife and it's a nice looking car. Honestly what I would like to do is a 65 C-20 rust bucket like this one, but drop in a 350 where the 327 was. The original engine made around 220 hp, and this one will hit around 350. That would be a fun little truck.