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Volkswagen stops academics from revealing car hack

Featured Image: Volkswagen logo. CREDIT: PD-TEXTLOGO. SOURCE: Wikipedia Commons

From NBC News By RAPHAEL SATTER

updated 7/30/2013 1:54:25 PM ET

LONDON — A British university is delaying the release of an academic paper on how the anti-theft systems of millions of Volkswagen vehicles are at risk of being hacked after the German carmaker took legal action against it.

In a statement, the University of Birmingham said it would “defer publication” of the paper — which explains how researchers were able to subvert Volkswagen’s security system — after an interim injunction issued by England’s High Court. It said it was “disappointed with the judgment which did not uphold the defense of academic freedom and public interest, but respects the decision.” . . . Read Complete Report

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8/4/13: Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know: Can someone hack your car?

7/29/13 Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know: What happened to Michael Hastings? 

Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know: Can someone hack your car?

Featured Image Photo of a car during a slot-car rally race in a dirt road. CREDIT: Manuel Lopes. SOURCE Wikipedia Commons. (This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Public Domain).

The idea of controlling a car from afar is an old one. Takes me back to the days of slot cars. The cars were smaller but the technology has been around for a long time. . . EDITOR

From youtube uploaded by Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know· on Jul 31, 2013

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New mind reader machines to hack your brain (Video Report)

Featured Image: The human brain, top view. SOURCE: Gutenberg Encyclopedia. (Public-Domain).

From youtube uploaded by RTAmerica

Published on Jul 30, 2013

Magnetic Resonance Imaging are machines that use magnetic field and radio pulses to map the inside of the body. But there’s a new use for them — functional MRIs can also measure changes in brain activity. So are these machines mind readers? Dr. Natasha Vita-More, futurist and Co-author of The Transhumanist Reader breaks it down.
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