21st century wire say still refuse entertain michael hastings boston break conspiracy theories late story offer yet proof hack vehicle possible relatively easy everyone see hear annoy ads tv radio new smart monitor devices insurance company try hard convince install car tell us safe driver sure pass premium discount safe drivers even mild skeptic little invention reek big brother tech.according crafty insurance moguls revolutionary smart plug-in device connect car computer port normally locate beneath steer wheel claim record drivers accelerate brake steer claim data reveal erratic driver turn determine road risk actuary much pay auto insurance smart munic box plug-in technology allow access portal car computer functions.most smart people realize smart device save money much give insurance company like progressive easy metric raise rat low them.if bad enough cyber researchers america show hackers send simple text message manipulate car function even interfere car brakes.the hack perform engineer students karl koscher ian foster university california san diego remotely hijack lovely cherry corvette smart device use auto insurer metromile watch team researchers present find usenix computer conference washington d.c. mobile devices respond cnnmoney request comment however stefan savage college engineer professor oversee research project say device maker since issue software update agree us nothing smart technology let us know thoughts comment section read sci-tech news 21st century wire sci-tech file boston brake hack new car iphone android