Latest Siri Hack Will Lock Your Car, Pop Your Trunk, And Even Start Your Engine [Video]

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Programming Siri to do weird and wonderful things that are yet to be sanctioned by Apple is quickly becoming a hacker’s favorite hobby. We’ve already seen how well the digital assistant can control your home’s thermostat, but this latest hack is even more impressive.

One developer has created used the same proxy featured in the thermostat hack to connect Siri with his Viper car alarm system. He can now tell his iPhone to lock his car, enable his alarm, pop his trunk, and even start his engine.

In a blog post on Fiquett.com, the developer explains how it all works:

The “Siri Proxy” plugin I wrote handles interaction with a php script that runs on my web server. The php script, which I developed months ago for personal use, allows me to send commands to my car which has a Viper SmartStart module installed.

Current commands accepted are: “Vehicle Arm”, “Vehicle Disarm”, “Vehicle Start”, “Vehicle Stop”, “Vehicle Pop Trunk”, and “Vehicle Panic”.

Here’s a second clip that demonstrates how Siri can lock the car:

I have to say, this is pretty darn impressive. I only hope that Apple allows Siri to interact with third-party services at some point in the future — it seems the possibilities are endless!

[via 9to5Mac]

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