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Connected cars can be hacked, research finds (news.northeastern.edu)
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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Remotely enabling heating/cooling of my car so it's ready when I get to it is just so god damn nice. This is only possible with internet connection, if it's limited by keyfob range to the vehicle then it may as well not exist.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This really depends on Keyfob range. My current cars tend to be around 50ft, though i haven't tested it tons past that. Prior to these, I had a Mazda Protégé5 that I could lock/unlock from 300'+ with line of sight. Thats more than enough to start/cool/heat/etc without actually leaving the house.

Honestly, even 50ft is probably fine. Only time I can think of wanting more would be leaving a large venue and wanting it heated/cooled in the parking garage before I got there... but I'd be worried about it being stolen while running at that point.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Where it's the most beneficial is when I can walk around e.g. a mall and the decide to heat/cool the car before leaving, or coming back from a hike I can start cooling 15min before we arrive at the car so it's nice and cool when we get there. If I can only start it 300' feet from the car, I might as well just wait the 30sec it takes to keep walking until I get there, it won't make a difference.

Edit: for EVs it doesn't need to start/enable the entire car, it only starts the AC unit.