On November 20, 2024, Shubham Shah and I discovered a security vulnerability in Subaru’s STARLINK admin panel that gave us unrestricted access to all vehicles and customer accounts in the United States, Canada, and Japan.
Are there any car infotainment systems that aren’t complete shit?
I bought a Subaru over 10 years ago and I didn’t give the infotainment part enough scrutiny when checking it out. I love the way the car drives, but anything dealing with the radio just pisses me off. I don’t even have Starlink.
I have a 9-year old Subaru I bought used, first thing I did was trash the “radio” and replace it with an iDoing chinese Android head unit.
It’s not super polished, but much better than the trash Subaru put on it. The good thing they did was NOT integrate it into the car too much, so replacing it meant losing no functionality at all.
Are there any car infotainment systems that aren’t complete shit?
Absolutely.
The infotainment system in my car consists of a glass-mount phone holder that turns the in-panel display from a worthless piece of glass into a convenient spot to rest my phone while I drive. A+, 10/10, would highly recommend.
(I did mount it on the corner of the display, but I don’t actually use the built-in system. Haven’t even bothered to get the backup camera replaced since it stopped working.)
Are there any car infotainment systems that aren’t complete shit?
I bought a Subaru over 10 years ago and I didn’t give the infotainment part enough scrutiny when checking it out. I love the way the car drives, but anything dealing with the radio just pisses me off. I don’t even have Starlink.
I have a 9-year old Subaru I bought used, first thing I did was trash the “radio” and replace it with an iDoing chinese Android head unit.
It’s not super polished, but much better than the trash Subaru put on it. The good thing they did was NOT integrate it into the car too much, so replacing it meant losing no functionality at all.
Absolutely.
The infotainment system in my car consists of a glass-mount phone holder that turns the in-panel display from a worthless piece of glass into a convenient spot to rest my phone while I drive. A+, 10/10, would highly recommend.
(I did mount it on the corner of the display, but I don’t actually use the built-in system. Haven’t even bothered to get the backup camera replaced since it stopped working.)