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If the app has the ability to mess with the traffic light timings, what is stopping hackers?
by laythea 9y ago
If the app has the ability to mess with the traffic light timings, what is stopping hackers?
- fredley 9y agoHopefully the publicly exposed API call into the traffic light network is "I am old, at [x]", not "Set traffic light time to [n] at [x]". Hopefully.
- laythea 9y agoI'm sure at least as much effort will be placed, as that of automation in cars :)
- dsfyu404ed 9y ago"ISIS recruits disabled people to attack transportation infrastructure" would make some good clickbait.
- eigenmeister 9y agoI can't speak to this design specifically, but in the US, an app like this should _request_ a time slot for crossing, which would get processed by the timing controller. An attacker could use long range bluetooth antennas to pair at a distance, and request for the next 3 intersections, the high tech equivalent of pushing all the buttons in the elevator.