return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMillions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flawsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down18cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldcars@lemmy.worldinternetofshit@suppo.fi
arrow-up1461arrow-down1external-linkMillions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flawsarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square47fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldcars@lemmy.worldinternetofshit@suppo.fi
minus-squareLojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 days agoTo anyone who didn’t read the article and was confused like me, apparently starlink is Subaru’s remote car security feature.
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agoApparently they capitalize it, so the article author kinda screwed it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_(disambiguation) STARLINK, a brand of automotive connectivity systems by Subaru
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoIt might not tell you that it’s Subaru’s connectivity system (absent context), but I bet that if they’d written it that way, it’d at least let you know that it’s probably not SpaceX’s satellite Internet service program.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoGood point. I always forget about Teslas starlink when talking about Subarus
To anyone who didn’t read the article and was confused like me, apparently starlink is Subaru’s remote car security feature.
Apparently they capitalize it, so the article author kinda screwed it up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_(disambiguation)
That wouldn’t help me tbh
It might not tell you that it’s Subaru’s connectivity system (absent context), but I bet that if they’d written it that way, it’d at least let you know that it’s probably not SpaceX’s satellite Internet service program.
Good point. I always forget about Teslas starlink when talking about Subarus