Link Roundup: The Uncertain Future of Car Hacking

The US House Energy and Commerce Committee released draft legislation last Wednesday to outlaw car hacking. You can read the proposed legislation at the link below.

Understandably, this is pretty concerning to the security researcher community. These reforms might criminalize their legitimate work protecting consumers from exploitable auto tech.

It's worth letting your representatives know how important it is to distinguish between hacking your own car and hacking someone else's car.

Here is a link roundup of some interesting recent DEF CON talks about car vulns you likely would not have heard about if it weren't for security researchers popping the hood and seeing what's going on underneath. Let's keep that legal.

http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF17/20151021/104070/BILLS-114pih-DiscussionDraftonVehicleandRoadwaySafety.pdf