@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoMillions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flawsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up126cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldinternetofshit@suppo.finews@lemmy.world
arrow-up126external-linkMillions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flawsarstechnica.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldinternetofshit@suppo.finews@lemmy.world
minus-square@TootSweet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoI’m pretty sure my 2021 Crosstrek isn’t in scope of that recall (at least as far as Subaru is concerned), but I’ll do some more research. Thanks!
minus-squareTravelatorlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoTo fix the battery drain problem, you can add a jumper wire inside the main fuse box that makes it so the DCM is powered only when the car is running, not all the time. Details here: https://www.subaruoutback.org/threads/fix-for-parasitic-drain.553947/
minus-square@TootSweet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoYeah, but I don’t want the DCM to be powered/running when the car is running either because of the data privacy concerns.
I’m pretty sure my 2021 Crosstrek isn’t in scope of that recall (at least as far as Subaru is concerned), but I’ll do some more research. Thanks!
To fix the battery drain problem, you can add a jumper wire inside the main fuse box that makes it so the DCM is powered only when the car is running, not all the time. Details here:
https://www.subaruoutback.org/threads/fix-for-parasitic-drain.553947/
Yeah, but I don’t want the DCM to be powered/running when the car is running either because of the data privacy concerns.