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>Likewise, I don't know anyone who owns a car who has loaned it to a researcher to analyze it for design flaws Oh, tons of people! There's a whole industry aro
by FDSGSG 7y ago
>Likewise, I don't know anyone who owns a car who has loaned it to a researcher to analyze it for design flaws
Oh, tons of people! There's a whole industry around hacking cars, most of those people aren't the kind of researchers that do con talks though.
- userbinator 7y agoTo be precise, in the culture itself it's usually called "modding" or "tuning"; but the newer parts of it, especially around modifying ECUs, does involve work closer to traditional computer hacking. (I'm an automotive enthusiast myself, although I'm more into the "old school" non-computer-controlled stuff. Mostly because it's simpler and inherently resistant to remote hackers.)