Security Justice Special Edition – Hacking your Car with OpenOtto

May 12th, 2009 Tom Posted in Podcast Special Editions | 1 Comment »

In this special edition of Security Justice Dave, Tom and Chris interview Tiffany Rad who is one of the co-founders of the OpenOtto project.  The goal of the OpenOtto Project is to provide complete free and open access to the networked electronic devices in an automobile.  Yes, you can turn your car into a car like Knight Rider (without David Hasselhoff…sorry ladies), create your own “OnStar” and even improve your gas mileage!  Here is a short summary of OpenOtto from Tiffany’s blog:

“You don’t have to be David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider to have your car talk to you. OpenOtto is a platform for developing vehicle aware products for the consumer and industrial markets. While it will not ask you how you’re doing this evening, most people don’t realize how much information your car’s computer can tell you. OpenOtto consists of a hardware interface to your car’s OBD II connector as well as an extensible software platform for communicating with all networked electronic devices in the car. Designed for flexibility and scalability, it is easily expandable to future vehicle capabilities.”

Tiffany Rad is president of ELCnetworks, LLC., a technology and business development consulting firm and is also a part-time professor in the computer science department at the University of Southern Maine teaching computer law and ethics.

You can find out more about the OpenOtto project via Tiffany’s blog and the official OpenOtto web site.  Thanks again to Tiffany for being a guest on our show.  Please send show feedback to feedback[aT]securityjustice.com or comment below.

 

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