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Self-driving cars can be stopped with a laser pointer

10

Sep

2015

Self-driving cars may be the future of transportation – it’s possible that eventually they could be safer than vehicles with human drivers. But autonomous vehicles are going to need more and better defenses against the threat of #hackers and cyber-#attacks. #uber has just hired a pair of renowned #car hackers to help the alternative cab […]

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Uber links to sensitive ride data now expire after 48 hours

07

Sep

2015

Uber has tweaked one of the features in its app after it was shown to let sensitive trip data become publicly accessible through Google. The feature lets Uber customers share their ETA, via SMS, with friends and family during a ride. The text that’s sent includes a link to a live map that shows where […]

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Uber petition site pulled after hacker redirected visitors to rival

15

Jun

2015

A hacker has forced Uber to take its online petition site down after exploiting a vote-spamming flaw which he said was “super easy for the developer of the website to prevent”. The hacker, going by “Austin”, found the flaw on 12 June after searching Google for petition and contest sites with the intention of writing […]

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