Toyota Key Fob

 The information in this video wasn’t really a shock to me as I’ve already experienced it.  My Ford had its third birthday last summer and the Bluetooth and Sirius XM stopped working and a message appeared telling me the software needed updating.  Riverview Ford offered to do it for $150 to which my reply was “No thanks.”  I ignored it for a month or two until I got a recall notice for ac fix for the direct fuel injection system and took the car to Wood Motors.  They did the recall and updated my software at no charge.

I wasn’t too surprised reading that Toyota has made this move.   I expect that most manufactures will follow suit and start monetizing the features we’ve all gotten used to on modern cars.  Manufacturers probably already have installed what I would call “ransomware” in your car’s computers.  It will likely go beyond just your key fob and extend to Bluetooth, navigation and other conveniences such as heated seats.

 

Phil

 

https://www.thedrive.com/news/43329/toyota-made-its-key-fob-remote-start-into-a-subscription-service

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1 comment:

Joe Hine said...

This will drive a big industry by those more adept at computers than me that will engineer a hack into these things. Porsche has their own OBD reader that can only be used to turn some things back on (ask me how I know) This reader is 18K with a 12K annual subscription. There is presently a hack that is still buggy but works out of China. This will happen to all these other car companies that do this. Tesla was the first.

Joe

13 December 2021 at 22:19

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