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.
Shit is designed like shit and crashes/freezes all the time. A pop up you have to hit AGREE on pops up every time you turn on the car and you have to wait a solid 5 seconds before you can hit it. You have NO control over the touch screen until you do so. None of the physical buttons work either. So whatever volume you had your speakers at when you turned the car off is what you get for a solid 5 seconds when you turn the car on before you can turn the speakers down. What kind of shit for brains developers/engineers were responsible for that gem?
It is categorically awful. It’s really unfortunate that a bad touch screen system can basically eliminate a car for perspective buyers.
Just a couple corrections. I have a '24 WRX and the volume knob and physical buttons work when the pop-up is in screen; they work immediately when I start the car. There’s only temperature up and down and front and rear defrosters, so not exactly a lot.
Also, prospective not perspective.
I generally agree, hate the pop-up, hate the touchscreen, but when it’s the only option it’s kinda like, okay then.
The Starlink system is TRRAAAAAAAAAASH.
Shit is designed like shit and crashes/freezes all the time. A pop up you have to hit AGREE on pops up every time you turn on the car and you have to wait a solid 5 seconds before you can hit it. You have NO control over the touch screen until you do so. None of the physical buttons work either. So whatever volume you had your speakers at when you turned the car off is what you get for a solid 5 seconds when you turn the car on before you can turn the speakers down. What kind of shit for brains developers/engineers were responsible for that gem?
It is categorically awful. It’s really unfortunate that a bad touch screen system can basically eliminate a car for perspective buyers.
Just a couple corrections. I have a '24 WRX and the volume knob and physical buttons work when the pop-up is in screen; they work immediately when I start the car. There’s only temperature up and down and front and rear defrosters, so not exactly a lot.
Also, prospective not perspective.
I generally agree, hate the pop-up, hate the touchscreen, but when it’s the only option it’s kinda like, okay then.