Hijacking cars with music

[Cain]

No, really

http://www.itworld.com/security/139794/with-hacking-music-can-take-control-your-car

By adding extra code to a digital music file, they were able to turn a song burned to CD into a Trojan horse. When played on the car's stereo, this song could alter the firmware of the car's stereo system, giving attackers an entry point to change other components on the car.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

wow, that is awesome.

[Requia ☣]

Why the hell is a car stereo networked to the rest of a car 

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I dunno... I would like to read their full paper on the subject, because there seem to be a lot of unanswered questions based on that article.

[LMNO]

Why the hell is a car stereo networked to the rest of a car 

My car stereo increases volume as the RPMs increase, to counter the road noise you get on the highway.  I have a hunch that means it's networked to the car's CPU.

[Requia ☣]

Huh, ok there actually is a reason for it.  The only thing I could think of was somebody had the brilliant idea to use digital speakers.

[Jasper]

Wait, seriously.  Your car knows when to drown out the sound of The Highway?

[Luna]

The implications are pretty scary, actually...

[LMNO]

Wait, seriously.  Your car knows when to drown out the sound of The Highway?

It knows when Mr. Chop and Mr. Scratch are riding shotgun.

[Jasper]

This is horrible.  More horrible than the idea of mp3s stealing my car and going to a rock show without me.

[Eater of Clowns]

This is horrible.  More horrible than the idea of mp3s stealing my car and going to a rock show without me.

What, you didn't know?  We went out last Thursday.

[Jasper]

You're dating my car? 

Do I have to give you The Talk?

[Juana]