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fuchikoma
04/20/09

In reply to Chrysler's Peapod 'Neighborhood Car' Turns Your iPhone Into a Key
The first time I saw this, the real key wasn't mentioned, making me think this is yet another attempt to technically make an EV but at the same time try hard not to sell it.

Really, there's not much stopping companies from making useful full-speed EVs like the EV1 that meet all the road safety requirements and don't accelerate like mopeds, but it seems to have become a taboo. Most are either a golf cart or a bank-breaking exotic supercar. Here we have a tiny car with a big silly grin and an iPod key system...
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vesuvian
04/19/09

In reply to Chrysler's Peapod 'Neighborhood Car' Turns Your iPhone Into a Key
Is that a FIAT?
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something_unique_and_descriptive
04/19/09

@vesuvian: Will be soon if the UAW doesn't scare 'em off.
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frigg
04/19/09

In reply to Chrysler's Peapod 'Neighborhood Car' Turns Your iPhone Into a Key
+1 for Kurzweil reference. Of course, his vision of the singularity is shoving an iPhone into your brain.
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SJRNWT
04/19/09

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Pfft, secure my ass...
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mattattaxx
04/19/09

@SJRNWT: so what do you mean?
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SJRNWT
04/19/09

@mattattaxx: I'm just skeptical about how secure this thing really is. Personally I would never have something as important as my car keys on my iPhone, for many reasons.

For example, if my iPhone gets stolen, I would be worried about my car being stolen.

I'm probably being over paranoid, but that's just me. I can think of all sorts of things that could go wrong... Like say... a virus that infects your iPhone so your car can be unlocked/started without you knowing.

And YES I do realize that right now it's pretty ridiculous even bringing up a virus for the iPhone, but the fact is when an iPhone can control your car's functions, hackers will be attracted to that.

Anyways, this is all just my opinion-- don't get too defensive about it, not trying to start an argument lol.
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something_unique_and_descriptive
04/19/09

@SJRNWT: If Apple gives them hardware level access they could theoretically make it quite secure. Every radio in there is going to have a unique, or at leas semi-unique, identifier associated with it, taken as a group it would be very hard to spoof.

The real security risk in such situation would be someone else physically obtaining your "Authentication device"... which is the same risk you run with keys.

But that all relies on Apple cooperating... and I just don't see it happening to the extent that would be required to make a system like this viable.
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