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> The Verge now reports that Hyundai is offering a security patch for this issue through software and hardware upgrades to Ioniq 5 customers. You do a hardware upgrade on the car to patch the vulnerability.
The etymology of patch harkens back to Larry Wall's UNIX patch tool for applying diffs to a source code base.
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As far as I'm concerned, security issues (outside of very niche situations) in a product mean that the product was defective. If you sell a defective product, you should be on the hook to correct the defect.
They're swapping out hardware, which is why they're asking money for this to compensate the labor costs. Not saying this justifies it, but the title is misleading.
Agree the title is a bit misleading, but addressing what sounds like an exploit still feels like a patch of sorts. But yeah, “patch” usually implies software vs. hardware. Either way, agree with other comments that Hyundai should just eat the costs if it prevents theft due to an exploit. Having said that, given what the car costs, the fee doesn’t seem completely unreasonable.
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No, they don't. You need to read the article. It says such devices cost $20k.
They're swapping out hardware, which is why they're asking money for this to compensate the labor costs. Not saying this justifies it, but the title is misleading.
I want a dumb EV. No infotainment system. Just speakers and a way to plug my device into them. Anything critical to the car should be completely air gapped and require an absolute minimum amount of software, preferably zero.
I understand that development costs are not free, and there's extra hardware involved, but IMO they should take this as marketing cost.
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The "Kia Boyz" saga was primarily motivated by theft of the vehicle itself, not the contents of the vehicle.
Right, and even un-sexy and inexpensive vehicles get targeted these days, because they can be used as tools to commit other crimes, not just a commodity to be resold or scavenged.
They're swapping out hardware, which is why they're asking money for this to compensate the labor costs. Not saying this justifies it, but the title is misleading.