Your car’s tire sensors could be used to track you - IMDEA Networks
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Researchers at IMDEA Networks Institute, together with European partners, have found that tire pressure sensors in modern cars can unintentionally expose drivers to tracking. Over a ten-week study, they collected signals from more than 20,000 vehicles, revealing a hidden privacy risk and highlighting the need for stronger security measures in future vehicle sensor systems. Most...
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  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2 months

    They aren’t hard to remove, and you can buy valve stems that fit your hole at any auto parts store.

    Good to know.

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      2 months

      They are hard to remove, and require a variety of expensive specialty tools to do properly.

      • bluGill@fedia.io
        2 months

        You can get close enough just clipping some weights of the same weight as the sensor to the valve stem. A static balance isn’t hard to do - not nearly as good as the proper dynamic balance the tire shop will do, but often good enough.