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Oct 16th, 2012, 20:35 | #1 |
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"Black boxes" for insurance
heard a lot about these been rolled out and the chances of them been almost common place within 2 years ....
Now either you buy a french car etc and get it registered over there or you have no idea what info is ben used by who etc well not quite ... I have heard on the "vine" and one vine that is well connected . That a rather clever group of lads have gained access to a few of these devices and "cracked" them . the security software was nothing special . And these guys have a idea how to go about your life without been snooped on. They think the monitoring company etc will have no idea of the fact "fake information" is been logged to your advantage no idea how and what etc , just that its been very very well looked into by the clever ones that eat lots of potatoes |
Oct 16th, 2012, 20:46 | #2 |
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Security will improve as they become more common. I'm registering my car at my sisters in the Isle of Man
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Thats what Sony thought with the PSP etc , within weeks they could be hacked in your local high street its a very very bad idea to give them this much power . this will not see costs go down at all, This is the beginning of a huge rise in insurance costs again |
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Oct 16th, 2012, 22:01 | #4 |
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Well can't complain myself. Paying £38 per month and it's making my cars running a lot easier (skint) lol
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Oct 17th, 2012, 02:55 | #5 |
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The more people try and stop people hacking / cracking things, the more the "underground" people will try and crack it!
Take MS Windows. Every new version has more advanced activation technologies to stop you being able to crack it, yet within a few days, a work around fix is found. Iphones / Ipads - same with them, jailbroken in days. If people can hack into NASA and the pentagon, then people will be able to crack these black boxes I read on another forum this evening that Bell Insurance company are making the black boxes compulsory if you take out insurance with them.
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Oct 18th, 2012, 01:03 | #6 |
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You won't see me having one of those black boxes, this country is a joke.
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