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The article says “control” but doesn’t have a lot of specifics. In any case, for bad dudes that are pursuing you when people aren’t around, being able to shut
by SilasX 7y ago
The article says “control” but doesn’t have a lot of specifics.
In any case, for bad dudes that are pursuing you when people aren’t around, being able to shut down your car is just as bad as being able to control it.
- blunte 7y agoConsidering that cars are becoming more drive-by-wire, it's only a matter of time before a hacker will be able to actually steer a car or activate (or prevent activation of!) the brakes.
- userbinator 7y agoit's only a matter of time before a hacker will be able to actually steer a car or activate (or prevent activation of!) the brakes. A Tesla is the perfect example. The fact that it has self-driving---I mean, "assisted cruise control"---naturally means a computer can take over the controls entirely.
- blunte 7y agoI forget which car it was, but I watched a car review video recently where the presenter fussed about taking the (otherwise great) car to a track. Some of the assists couldn't be disabled, so going around the track he would occasionally have to fight the steering wheel when it would try to turn him a certain way to stay within a "lane".