OT (perhaps...) analysing a car's TCU

Jul 13, 2026 Last reply: 2 weeks ago 6 Replies

So if you think that by deleting your satnav's history nobody will be able to find out where you've been if there are no ANPR cameras around, you might like to think again!



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"By parsing the GNSS logs, we reconstructed the full life of the vehicle from its production in a factory in China, through its operational life in the United Kingdom, to its final dismantling in Poland. Every movement and stop along the way is captured in the logs, giving a complete picture of the vehicle's journey."


Nice bit of hacking. Interesting the car components ran Linux.

So if you're a criminal buy an old car! :-)

It's getting to be that everything runs Zephyr or Linux

Whether they make available the source code that they should, is a different matter...

That is not a requirement if they do not modify Linux itself

If you want a deeper dive on how to do that kind of data extraction, Matt Brown's youtube channel does lots of embedded systems and IoT device reverse engineering.

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