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Regular Car Hacks and How to Keep Your Vehicle Safe In today's digital age, many Americans worry about hackers accessing their bank accounts, computer files and personal information. But as cars become more technologically advanced, securing a car may soon require more than just securing a stick to the steering wheel. Few things are scarier than the thought of a malicious hacker taking control of your vehicle and causing harm to you and your passengers. Automotive security experts have studied how hackers could do everything from tweak your car stereo to make your brakes stop working properly. The Center for Automotive Embedded Systems Security (CAESS) is a collaboration between researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego, working to make future embedded systems in cars more secure and private. "You have to stay ahead of what these guys can do," says Rich Strader, director of security and IT strategy at Ford. Here are some of th...

AMAZING CAR SAFETY FEATURES EVERY CAN OWNER SHOULD KNOW. Drivers are protected by more safety features than ever before, such as airbags, shatterproof glass, anti-lock brakes, stability control and more. As vehicles continue to evolve, more safety features are needed than in the past. As cars become faster and more efficient, they must also be safer.      Shatterproof glass:   Shatterproof glass ensures that the windshield shatters into numerous harmless shards in the event of an accident. The windshields of early motor vehicles were dangerous. If the windshield broke, the driver would be covered in broken glass. Shatterproof glass is laminated in a way that prevents injury.            Seat belts:   This safety feature, invented in 1849, was not standard equipment until 1966, when the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Act and the Highway Safety Act turned control over to the federal government. The federal gove...