Pwned by CarShark

Here is your guide to "sharking" a car.

With Carshark, and a little creativity, you to can make your drive to work more interesting. In the paper they show you how to hook things up so that you can control a car through WiFi.

You are sitting at a red light, and want to have a little fun. How about sending 07 AE 15 A2; this controls the horn frequency? Drive-by ringtones. Could be a $1B business.

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