"Black boxes" for insurance

[LJD]

heard a lot about these been rolled out and the chances of them been almost common place within 2 years ....

Now either you buy a french car etc and get it registered over there or you have no idea what info is ben used by who etc

well not quite ...
I have heard on the "vine" and one vine that is well connected . That a rather clever group of lads have gained access to a few of these devices and "cracked" them .

the security software was nothing special . And these guys have a idea how to go about your life without been snooped on. They think the monitoring company etc will have no idea of the fact "fake information" is been logged to your advantage

no idea how and what etc , just that its been very very well looked into by the clever ones that eat lots of potatoes

[tt82]

Security will improve as they become more common. I'm registering my car at my sisters in the Isle of Man

[LJD]

Originally Posted by tt82

Security will improve as they become more common. I'm registering my car at my sisters in the Isle of Man

Thats what Sony thought with the PSP etc , within weeks they could be hacked in your local high street

its a very very bad idea to give them this much power . this will not see costs go down at all, This is the beginning of a huge rise in insurance costs again

[Volvo2002]

Originally Posted by LJD

Thats what Sony thought with the PSP etc , within weeks they could be hacked in your local high street

its a very very bad idea to give them this much power . this will not see costs go down at all, This is the beginning of a huge rise in insurance costs again

Well can't complain myself. Paying £38 per month and it's making my cars running a lot easier (skint) lol

[James_N]

The more people try and stop people hacking / cracking things, the more the "underground" people will try and crack it!

Take MS Windows. Every new version has more advanced activation technologies to stop you being able to crack it, yet within a few days, a work around fix is found.

Iphones / Ipads - same with them, jailbroken in days.

If people can hack into NASA and the pentagon, then people will be able to crack these black boxes

I read on another forum this evening that Bell Insurance company are making the black boxes compulsory if you take out insurance with them.

[Jp003]

You won't see me having one of those black boxes, this country is a joke.

[t5_monkey]

unless you NEVER speed, drive quickly, or do anything wrong, or even legitimately enjoy the performance of your vehicle.... this is a rather bad idea.

[James_N]

Originally Posted by Jp003

You won't see me having one of those black boxes, this country is a joke.

Just noticed your from my neck of the woods. Where abouts in Sunny Stafford are you? Have to give me a wave if you see my 940 knocking about. Its not hard to miss, its still got this years Le Mans window stickers on it

[Andy Northface]

Originally Posted by t5_monkey

unless you NEVER speed, drive quickly, or do anything wrong, or even legitimately enjoy the performance of your vehicle.... this is a rather bad idea.

They will have Scalextric grooves in the friggin' road next. It seems to me as if some people would be happier if the car was banned from the road.

[malcolmk]

just a thought,what if you get two cars exactly the same,get the box put in one of them,and go out once a month for sunday lunch, but use the other one everyday, no one will check V numbers,just have somewhere you can hide the fake car,must use the same reg number of course,malcolmk local insurance broker. LOL.