USA: Tesla and Audi to become AT&T cars

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Audi’s 2015 lineup of A3s and all Tesla (TSLA) models will soon be connected to
AT&T’s wireless network, the same one currently used by phones, tablets and computers.
Audis will be on 4G LTE, while Teslas will operate on 3G.

Lurie said AT&T remains responsible for keeping its network safe. It’ll be up to the car
manufacturers to build their vehicles with resistance to computer viruses and backdoor hacks.

Tesla wasn’t immediately available to comment about the security concerns.

Audi plans to prevent hacker hijacking by maintaining its cars’ two computers separate –
one for key functions, and the other connected to the Internet. Also, all communication
between peoples’ Audis and the company’s computer servers in Germany will be encrypted.
As an added privacy feature, all navigation requests using Google Earth will be masked
so that companies can track the car – but not who owns it.

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