SPOKANE, Wash. — The City of Spokane is launching a program offering property owners a free solar-powered, motion-detecting residential light. The Spokane Safe and Bright Residential Light program ...

A new study reveals vulnerabilities in the pressure sensors on your car. Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) use unencrypted wireless signals. Signals can send unique ID numbers that may allow ...

Researchers at the IMDEA Networks Institute have found a vulnerability in the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) used to monitor a car's tire pressures that could be used to track owners. The ...

Most people would never imagine that the innocuous tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) in their vehicles could be used to track their movements. But, as with many things digital, it turns out the ...

A new study reveals your car’s tire sensors can secretly track movements using wireless signals, raising major privacy concerns for modern drivers. Researchers found modern TPMS tire sensors broadcast ...

There seems to be no shortage of ways that our personal data can be tracked these days. If your phone, watch, eyeglasses, computer, and car listening to you weren't enough, researchers at the IMDEA ...

A new GM patent outlines a way to track tire wear visually, potentially warning drivers before tread depth becomes a problem. GM patented a camera-based system to monitor tire wear, not just pressure.

Joel was previously an editor at Autoblog for nearly a decade, covering cars from humble economy hatchbacks to high-end sports cars. He has extensive driving experience with plenty of track time, and ...

We've known for a while that modern cars are exposed to all kinds of security risks, mainly due to how they transmit data. Security researchers at IMDEA Networks have recently come across a new ...

Modern vehicle computer systems have become vectors for security and privacy hacking. However, who would've thought that the humble and not-very-high-tech tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) would ...

Most modern cars have tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), which will alert you if your tires need air. While most of the readings they give are accurate, they can still fail like any other part ...