Nevertheless, Muniga concedes that “if someone spends eight months trying to unlock the doors, they probably can, but we try to make the firewalls as bulletproof as possible.”To ensure that Sync isn’t used as a gateway to more critical systems, Ford technology spokesman Alan Hall says that it and the infotainment systems it works with are completely isolated from the vehicle control systems. Any
usbdigital devices that connect to it through Bluetooth or USB also have to use digital signatures approved by Ford, and Hall adds that the automaker does its best to keep up with new practices in the hacking world and regularly runs simulated attacks using the latest methods.