Hackers aiming to unlock BMW’s seat heating subscription


In modern BMWs you need to pay a monthly fee of around €17 for seat or steering wheel heating. Hackers now want to find a way around that. — dpa

MUNICH: BMW has only just started offering an online subscription for seat heating and already hackers have announced plans help owners unlock the feature, which only works when paid for through BMW’s software.

BMW is testing a paid subscription for heated seats and a heated steering wheel, one of a growing number of software-enabled functions which are already built into cars at the factory, but which only work as part of a paid subscription.

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