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There's been a number of suspicious reporter deaths with vehicles malfunctions, possibly due to hack (https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=suspicious%20r
by cracell 9y ago
There's been a number of suspicious reporter deaths with vehicles malfunctions, possibly due to hack (https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=suspicious%20reporter%20vehicle%20deaths https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=suspicious%20rep...).
The most recent high profile one being Michael Hastings(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(journalist)#Controversy_over_alleged_foul_play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(journalist)#...)
Could be paranoid nonsense. But white hat researchers have demonstrated a disturbing number of attack vectors that could be used for this sort of thing.
- hinkley 9y agoState actors have a myriad of options. I was simply trying to answer the question of why this isn't happening all the time. If it is happening all the time (a point I won't dispute) then the question is wrong.
- jethro_tell 9y agoDo we know that it isn't happening all the time? We are already so conditioned to driving being one of the most dangerous things yet we absolutely take it for granted. It would be easy enough for it to more or less blend in. Especially as I'd assume the current traffic investigation work force in the field isn't going to have the chops to do this kind of work. This may be happening, and just being written off as user error like all the rest of the massive number auto accidents we live with everyday.
- hinkley 9y agoAlan Turing was doing statistical modeling to make sure we didn’t blow up more U boats than could be mistaken for bad luck. That was more than seventy years ago so who knows.