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I guess it is a good thing this is not a 'smart pacemaker' manufacturer or similar... But in all seriousness, I wonder at which point the decision to rescind a

I guess it is a good thing this is not a 'smart pacemaker' manufacturer or similar... But in all seriousness, I wonder at which point the decision to rescind an IoT 'service' becomes unacceptable. Obviously doing so with a medical device or a moving vehicle during operation would be criminal. But how about a smart home lock? A security camera / alarm system?

bigbugbag 10y ago
There's a few million cars around with remote kill switch technology on board. "We can disable the ignition but not while you're driving," Melanie Boudreau, a spokesperson at IMETRIK, a Canadian maker of starter interrupt devices that run around $100 each, told Fortune. "We don't want to kill you." Maybe in a not so distant future or political regime, this stance on not killing people may change. Remote kill switch are not limited to ignition, there's a moving vehicle version intended for police use to stop a car chase[1] so there's that, we can expect this[2] to be done on moving vehicle in the wild at some point[3]. [1]: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Autos/story?id=3706113&page=1 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Autos/story?id=3706113&page=1 [2]: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/03/disabling_cars.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/03/disabling_car... [3]: https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/ https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-hig...
- jessaustin 10y ago
  With "self-driving" cars, the next logical customer termination technique will be speeding up to 100mph and then steering into a bridge abutment. I think I'll keep my bicycle.
  - adrianN 10y ago
    Nearby auto-cars will start chasing you.
    - ddalex 10y ago
      Welcome to real life: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-driver-chauffeur-moscow-car-crash-killed-kremlin-bmw-mercedes-a7230211.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-driver... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmJPncqoPvE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmJPncqoPvE

bigbugbag 10y ago

There's a few million cars around with remote kill switch technology on board. "We can disable the ignition but not while you're driving," Melanie Boudreau, a spokesperson at IMETRIK, a Canadian maker of starter interrupt devices that run around $100 each, told Fortune. "We don't want to kill you." Maybe in a not so distant future or political regime, this stance on not killing people may change. Remote kill switch are not limited to ignition, there's a moving vehicle version intended for police use to stop a car chase[1] so there's that, we can expect this[2] to be done on moving vehicle in the wild at some point[3]. [1]: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Autos/story?id=3706113&page=1 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Autos/story?id=3706113&page=1 [2]: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/03/disabling_cars.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/03/disabling_car... [3]: https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/ https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-hig...

jessaustin 10y ago
With "self-driving" cars, the next logical customer termination technique will be speeding up to 100mph and then steering into a bridge abutment. I think I'll keep my bicycle.
- adrianN 10y ago
  Nearby auto-cars will start chasing you.
  - ddalex 10y ago
    Welcome to real life: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-driver-chauffeur-moscow-car-crash-killed-kremlin-bmw-mercedes-a7230211.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-driver... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmJPncqoPvE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmJPncqoPvE