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Thieves can send a text to disable car alarmsSAN FRANCISCO —

Texting and driving don’t go well together — though not in the way you might think.

Computer hackers can force some cars to unlock their doors and start their engines without a key by sending specially crafted messages to a car’s anti-theft system. They can also snoop at where you’ve been by tapping the car’s GPS system.

That is possible because car alarms, GPS systems and other devices are increasingly connected to cellular telephone networks and thus can receive com-mands through text messag-ing. That capability allows owners to change settings on devices remotely, but it also gives hackers a way in.

Researchers from iSEC Partners recently demon-strated such an attack on a Subaru Outback equipped with a vulnerable alarm sys-tem, which wasn’t identified. With a laptop perched on the hood, they sent the Subaru’s alarm system commands to unlock the doors and start the engine.

Their findings show that text messaging is no longer limited to short notes telling friends you’re running late or asking if they’re free for dinner.

Texts are a powerful means of attack because the devices that receive them generally cannot refuse texts and the commands encoded in them. Users can’t block texts; only operators of the phone networks can.

T h e s e d ev ic e s a r e

assigned phone numbers just like fax machines. So if you can find the secret phone number attached to a particular device, you can throw it off by sending your own commands through text messaging.

Although these numbers are only supposed to be known by the devices’ oper-ators, they aren’t impossi-ble to find. Certain network-administration programs allow technicians to probe networks to see what kinds of devices are on them. Based on the format of the responses, the type and even

model of the device can be deduced. Hackers can use that information to craft attacks against devices they know are vulnerable. (In this case, the researchers bypassed these steps and simply took the alarm sys-tem out of the car to identify the secret phone number.)

Actually stealing a car wouldn’t be so easy.

You’d have to ensure that the phone number you found is attached to the car you’re standing in front of, for instance. There are hacking tools to do that — they listen for cellular traffic around

a particular vehicle — but in many cases it’s easier to take a car that doesn’t have an alarm.

The research from Don Bailey and Mat Solnik is unsettling because it shows that such attacks are pos-sible on a variety of other devices that use wireless communications chips. Those include ATMs, med-ical devices and even traffic lights. Hackers have already sent specially crafted texts with commands to instantly disconnect iPhones from the cellular network.

Bailey, whose specialty is

cellphone network security, also found that similar tech-niques can be used to get a certain type of GPS sys-tem to cough up its location data. Such information can be used by stalkers or home burglars, for instance.

The type of GPS system he studied is known as assist-ed GPS, which means that it uses cellular signals in addition to the usual satel-lite signals. That makes the system vulnerable.

The research isn’t just about taking off with some-one else’s car or finding out where that person has

been.It raises the possibility

of other, more sinister dan-gers, such as those poten-tially affecting braking and acceleration, said Scott Borg, director of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, a group that studies hacking threats. That becomes pos-sible as networked electron-ics are more tightly coupled with physical machinery.

“Doing one that is harm-ful is quite hard, but we need to prepare for people doing that,” Borg said.

The research got the attention of a trade group for electric utilities, the North American Electric Reli-ability Corp. After the pair showed off the techniques at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas this month, the group warned that the types of wireless chips exploited by the pair are also used at power plants and said that more caution is needed in their use.

The vulnerable GPS sys-tem was made by Zoombak Inc., which promotes its prod-ucts’ usefulness in tracking children and automobiles. The company said it has made changes to its devic-es so that outside parties can no longer get location data without passwords.

Bailey and Solnik are working with the manu-facturer of the car alarm system to fix its vulner-abilities. Bailey said the unidentified manufacturer has fixed many of the secu-rity issues.

By Jordan RobertsonThe Associated Press

GPS systems and other devices are increasingly connected to cellular telephone networks and thus can receive com-mands through text messaging. That capability allows owners to change settings on devices remotely, but it also gives hackers a way in.

FIND MORE ONLINEn Video demonstration of attack: http://bit.ly/n6axTv

/ Monday, October 3, 2011 Tallahassee Democrat / OnTheMOve

Hitting the road? Make sure you have proper fuelThe bags are in the trunk,

everyone’s buckled in and you’re all gassed up. You’re ready to roll, right?

Guess again. What about your own

fuel? “People go out on the road,

and they’re not prepared for the boredom and the hun-ger,” said Peter Moore, edi-tor of Men’s Health maga-zine. “That makes it so easy to hit the drive-thru.”

And that’s when you eat way more calories than you need.

Jim White, a registered dietician and spokesperson for the American Dietet-ic Association, says that women should limit their food intake to 1,500 calo-ries daily, while men should eat just 1,800-2,000 calo-ries daily. “Eating small, healthy meals every three hours will keep the metabo-lism going without gaining weight,” he said.

Of course, if you’re spend-ing the day driving, you’re burning more gas than calories. According to the Harvard Medical School, a 125-pound person burns 60 calories during 30 minutes of driving, while a 185-pound person burns 89 calories in 30 minutes.

But with a little planning, you can avoid gaining weight on your next road trip. Here are some tips.

n Make your car your refrigerator. “Pack conve-

nient snacks that will keep you satisfied until you can have a proper meal,” Moore said. “Roasted almonds, apples, apricots are snacks that are going to give you energy.” Other healthy choices include fruit, pret-zels, whole-grain crackers and granola bars — although you have to watch the sugar content.

n Bypass the drive-through. “Whatever hap-pened to a family picnic? When I was a kid, my mom would pack a lunch and we’d stop at a state park and have a picnic,” Moore recalls. “It gives you control over the food.” Afterward, your chil-

dren can run around for a half-hour, providing good exercise and tiring them out before they get back into the car.

n Check nutrition infor-mation in advance. There are so many apps where you can see the calories of everything on the menu. You’ll be alarmed. Some of the food you might have thought would be low in cal-ories could be 500-800 calo-ries per choice. Even wraps, which you might think will be just 200 calories, can be 500 calories. To burn it off, you’d have to jog an hour at a moderate pace.

n Not all fast-food joints

are created equal. “Wawa has everything,” White said. “They have whole-grain wraps, they have yogurt, they have cottage cheese, they have protein bars, they have almonds. So you can eat very healthy if you needed a snack.” He also said that Chick-fil-A, Subway, Schlotz-sky’s and Quiznos are the better choices among fast-food joints.

n Watch what you order. “A lot of salads are alleg-edly healthy until you look at the ingredients,” Moore said, noting that some sal-ads can have 1,500 calories. “There are healthy salads that are anything but. It’s

the classic bait and switch.” So look at what’s in the sal-ad. Skip the cheese, Crai-sins, walnuts, bacon bits, anything fried and creamy dressings — always look for an oil-based vinaigrette.

n Avoid super-sizing. “It’s really fun to order a Monster Thickburger, but you’ll pay for it the rest of the day, and the rest of your life,” Moore said. When it comes to a burger or a chicken sand-wich, White advises that the meat should be the size of your fist or a deck of cards. “I would never order a dou-ble stack or a triple stack,” he said.

n Split an entree. White says that it’s not only what’s in food; it’s portion size. “The portion sizes at some restaurants are enormous. If you only eat half of it, or split it with a family mem-ber or among friends, that’s going to save a lot of calo-ries.”

n Skip the soda. “I don’t think that people realize what a horrific calorie bomb they are,” Moore said.

White agrees. “The Amer-ican Heart Association rec-ommends that women should not get more than 100 calo-ries a day from added sug-ar and that men should get no more than 150 calories a day from added sugar. So that’s about 25 grams for women and about 35 grams for men. One 12-ounce soda is over the limit.”

n Bypass the frappuccino. “Caffeinated drinks are a

danger zone,” said Moore, “So many of them have a ton of sugar in them.” He suggests opting for an iced coffee with cream — good for 40 calories — instead of a blended coffee drink — which can clock in at 500 calories. “Besides, we’re adults. It’s demeaning for an adult to walk out of a store with whipped cream.”

n If you have high blood pressure, skip the drive-through. “For someone who’s over 51 years old or who has high blood pres-sure, it’s recommended that they consume no more than 1,500 mg of salt a day,” said White. “Now, in just one teaspoon, there’s 2,300 mg of salt. Americans take in about 6,000 mg of salt a day. In fast food it’s every-where. Fast food has to be a limited choice.”

n Pay for gas at the pump. “Gas stations are now fast food places themselves,” White observed. “When you stop at a gas station, pay at the pump so you’re not tempted by bad nutri-tion choices while paying for gas.”

n Target your indulgent meals. “Pick your demons,” said White. “If you know you’re going to indulge, the next day, do not skip meals. Get right back onto your eat-ing plan.”

— Larry Printz is automo-tive editor at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va. He can

be reached at larry.printzpi-lotonline.com.

By Larry PrintzThe Virginian-Pilot

Healthy choices for on-the-road snacks include, fruit, pretzels, whole-grain crackers and granola bars — although you have to watch the sugar content.

Car Charging Group announces first Pennsylvania locationMIAMI BEACH — Car

Charging Group Inc., a provider of electric vehi-cle charging services, has announced that it has signed a contract with Lan-caster Arts Hotel in Lan-caster, Pa., to provide EV charging services there.

The company said. the installation represents Car Charging Group’s entry into the Pennsylvania mar-ket.

“Cars spend 94 percent of their time sitting dor-mant,” said Michael D. Far-kas, chief executive offi-cer of Car Charging Group. “So installing car charging

stations at hotels, where guests leave their vehicles parked for extended peri-ods of time, makes a lot of sense. The Lancaster Arts Hotel is able to offer their guests this added amenity while also generating reve-nue and being environmen-tally responsible.”

Car Charging Group pro-

vides EV charging stations at no charge to property owners and managers while retaining ownership, thus allowing drivers access to convenient locations and partners to realize a per-centage of the charging revenue generated.

“We’re pleased to be part-nering with Car Charging

Group,” said Darcy Novel-lo, general manager of the Lancaster Arts Hotel. “We see the importance and ben-efits of offering EV charg-ing services. Economically this makes sense because we are able to appeal to the environmentally friend-ly guest, and we receive a percentage of the revenue

generated.”Car Charging Group Inc.

is an owner and provider of electric vehicle charging stations and is working to help establish a nationwide infrastructure of charging sites. An estimated 40 mil-lion plug-in electric cars are expected to be on the road by 2030.

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OnTheMOve / Tallahassee Democrat Monday, October 3, 2011 / Page 5


Certifications reflect mechanics’ competencyQuestion: I’ve noticed

some repair shops have a sign indicating they have “ASE-certified techni-cians.” Can you explain what this is and how it affects my chances of get-ting my car repaired cor-rectly and at a fair price? If the rates are higher, is there a benefit?

Answer: I think automo-tive technician certifica-tion is a good thing. Some states require techni-cian licensing for gener-al repairs, or more typi-cally, emissions testing. This means the majority of auto techs nationwide are either uncertified or choose to voluntari-ly become certified via the National Institute for Automotive Service Excel-lence, or ASE.

ASE has been around since 1972. It offers more than 40 certifications in car/light truck, colli-sion repair, truck repair, school and transit bus, engine machining, parts and a few others. ASE has certified more than 350,000 technicians, with each certificate being val-id for five years. The car and truck section consists of nine service areas plus advanced engine perfor-mance and alternative fuels. Technicians may obtain certification in one or more areas, such as brakes or transmissions, or the whole lot, grant-

ing them master status. To become certified, the applicant must have a minimum of two years experience and success-fully pass a comprehen-sive written exam in a particular service area.

How difficult are the tests? They’re about as good as any multiple-choice test could be. A book-smart automotive student with minimal experience can squeeze past them, as could an experienced tech who’s a bit behind on newer tech-nology. The best questions are the ones that require a combination of theory, diagnostic ability, repair finesse and judgment gained from experience to answer.

I think the L-1 Advanced Engine Performance Cer-tification is a very good measurement of a tech’s ability to get the job done on a modern vehicle. The skills needed to diagnose a techie engine-performance problem are of consider-able value at every corner of an electronically con-trolled vehicle. I’d also like a licensed emissions tech-nician to be the one fixing my navigation or body-con-trol system; the diagnostic skills and scan-tool com-petency they would have are just what’s needed for those tasks.

Is an ASE-certified tech the one to choose? I say yes.

While no measurement of competency is perfect, this is the best thing going, and the fact that the tech goes to the trouble and expense of becoming voluntarily certified says good things about his or her profes-sionalism. To fly the ban-ner that says “We employ ASE-Certified Profession-

als” means the shop has at least two techs certified in at least one service area.

Better yet is an ASE “Blue Seal of Excellence” banner. This means at least 75 percent of the shop’s techs are certified, and each area of service is covered.

It shouldn’t cost more

for a certified tech to fix your car, but a repair shop that takes the high road with the best techs, tools and information systems will likely have a higher hourly rate than one that’s just cruising along.

If I were shelling out $150 an hour — yes, it can be that high in many plac-

es — I’d have no problem asking, “Who will be my technician, and how are they credentialed?”

— Brad Bergholdt is an auto-motive technology instructor

at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, Calif. Readers may send him email at [email protected]; he can-

not make personal replies.

By Brad BergholdtUnder The Hood Uner the

hood

the national Institute for Automotive Service excellence has certified more than 350,000 technicians, with each certifi-cate being valid for five years. the car and truck section consists of nine service areas plus advanced engine performance and alternative fuels.

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3.5L V6, A/C, Split FoldingRear Seat, Tilt Wheel,Power Moonroof, CDPlayer, AM/FM Radio.

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‘07 CADILLACEscalade

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‘09 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class

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Company working on car button that could tell if you’re tipsy

An Auburn Hills, Mich.-based auto supplier has received funding to further develop a device that checks a driver’s blood-alcohol lev-el through the skin for com-mercial use.

The Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS), an industry group, award-ed Takata and its partner,

TruTouch in Albuquerque, N.M., a $2.25 million grant to make its current breadbox-sized device small enough, cheap enough and unobtru-sive enough to be put on a car’s start button, said Kirk Morris, Takata’s vice pres-ident of business develop-ment.

Another goal is to reduce the processing time from several seconds to 200 mil-liseconds and to be able to

function not just at room tem-perature, as it does now, but from 40 below to 85 degrees and with different humidity and vibration levels.

The reader, which uses an infrared sensor to determine alcohol level, is as accurate as a blood test. Takata is aim-ing to get the cost down to approximately $200 each.

“The goal is to take impaired drivers off the road,” Morris said. “Breatha-

lyzers are invasive. You have to blow into a tube. If this technology is to be used on a daily basis, we want it to be noninvasive, not intru-sive. ... Drivers pushing a button wouldn’t even know it’s there.”

In 2009, close to 11,000 Americans, or one every 48 minutes, were killed in drunken-driving accidents — 32 percent of the coun-try’s total motor vehicle traf-

fic fatalities — according to the National Highway Traf-fic Safety Administration’s most recent data.

NHTSA has a five-year, $10 million joint initiative with the ACTS called the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety.

In a statement, NHTSA said that project “is seen as a potential tool for keeping drunk drivers from being able to operate their car if

their blood-alcohol concen-tration is at or above the legal intoxication limit (0.08 or higher). The technology could be voluntarily installed as an option for new cars and sig-nal a new frontier in the fight against drunk driving.”

Susan Ferguson, program director for Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety, said she expects to see this alcohol screener go to mar-ket in eight to 10 years.

By Zlati MeyerDetroit Free Press

Auto parts firm to pay $200M fine for price fixingDETROIT — Carmakers

were forced to pay more for auto parts because a group of suppliers conspired to raise prices for more than a decade, the Justice Depart-ment said Thursday.

The scheme, revealed in documents filed with the fed-eral court in Detroit, likely raised prices that consum-ers paid for cars.

In the documents, federal prosecutors charged a Jap-anese company and three of its executives with con-spiracy to restrain trade. Prosecutors said the com-

pany, Furukawa Electric Co. of Tokyo, agreed to plead guilty and pay a $200 mil-lion fine, while the execu-tives also will admit guilt and serve prison time in the U.S.

Furukawa, which makes automobile wiring, is part of a wider investigation into an auto parts cartel that rigged prices in the Unioted States and Japan, according to the documents.

“This cartel harmed an important industry in our nation’s economy,” said Sharis Pozen the acting assistant attorney gener-al for the Justice Depart-ment’s antitrust division.

She called the fine “one of our largest.”

It was unclear how many automakers were affected by the conspiracy, how many models were affected and how much the price-fixing scheme inflated parts pric-es.

The Justice Department did not identify the other companies involved in the cartel.

Starting in January 2000, Furukawa conspired with other cartel members to fix prices of wiring harnesses that were sold to car man-ufacturers in the U.S. and elsewhere “on a model-by-model basis,” Pozen told

reporters at a Washington news conference.

The harnesses are groups of wires that link electron-ic controls to everything from brake lights to trans-missions.

Pozen said the Justice Department is working with international authori-ties in the probe, though she declined to identify them.

Asked if prices were fixed and bids rigged for other auto parts, Pozen respond-ed that the investigation is “broad.”

The company and the three executives have all agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department.

The three Furukawa exec-utives, all Japanese nation-als, will serve prison time in the U.S ranging from a year and a day to 18 months. It is rare for foreign executives to serve any U.S. prison time for price-fixing, much less serious felony time of more than a year behind bars.

During at least part of the conspiracy, two of the execu-tives who are pleading guilty — Junichi Funo and Hirot-sugu Nagata — engaged in price-fixing in the Detroit area, the Justice Depart-ment said. Court papers identified the third execu-tive as Tetsuya Ukai. Two of the executives worked in the

Honda sales division.Justice Department

Spokeswoman Gina Tala-mona said she did not know if the executives will have to be extradited from Japan.

Honda alone has sold more than 15 million vehicles in the U.S. since January 2000, so the company could have been overcharged by hun-dreds of millions of dollars, said Jim Gillette, an ana-lyst with the firm IHS Auto-motive, which advises auto parts suppliers.

Most cars have at least four wiring harnesses that cost automakers around $100 each depending on their complexity, Gillette said.

By Tom Krisher and Pete YostThe Associated Press

General Motors employees ratify new labor contractDETROIT — Factory work-

ers at General Motors have overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract with the company that includes profit-sharing instead of raises for most workers and promises thousands of new jobs.

The United Auto Workers union said Wednesday that 65 percent of production work-ers voted for the deal, while 63 percent of skilled-trades workers such as electricians

were in favor. Voting by GM’s 48,500 blue-collar workers ended on Wednesday.

GM was the first company to reach a deal with the union, which is now negotiating with Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC. The GM pact is a template for the others, but there will be differences. The deal sets pay and benefits for more than 112,000 auto work-ers nationwide, and influenc-es pay at foreign-owned auto plants in the U.S., auto parts supply companies and for other manufacturing busi-

nesses.The contract will lower

labor costs to one-third of what they were in 2007 and hold pension costs flat for the first time in almost 60 years. It will also give GM a chance to clear out older workers and replace them with less-expensive new hires, the com-pany said.

Under the deal, which runs through September 2015, most workers won’t get annu-al pay raises. But they’ll get $5,000 signing bonuses, prof-it-sharing checks and other

payments that total at least $11,500 during the next four years. GM also promised to add at least 5,100 jobs. The contract also compensates workers for meeting qual-ity standards, a key priority for the company, CEO Dan Akerson said.

Entry-level workers who now make a base wage of around $15.78 per hour will get 22 percent raises. GM cur-rently has about 1,900 entry-level workers who make about half the pay of longtime UAW members.

Pressure is now on for Ford and Chrysler to reach agree-ments with the union. A top Ford negotiator said Monday that he was optimistic about reaching a deal by the end of this week. UAW President Bob King is involved in the talks at Ford, the union has said. Negotiations with Chrysler also are continuing.

The deal cuts GM’s factory worker labor costs to $5 bil-lion per year, less than a third of the $16 billion the company paid in 2005, Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann said.

The figure was $11 billion in 2007, as the company headed into bankruptcy protection and needed a government bail-out to survive.

GM also won’t have to pay a pension increase for the first time since 1953, help-ing the company shore up its under-funded pension plans, GM said.

The automaker will save $50 million this year and $145 million in future years because the deal allows it to stop paying for factory work-ers’ legal services.

By Tom KrisherThe Associated Press

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