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> Automotive engineers think about those things Not always. Hacking a vehicle's brakes is no longer the stuff of sci-fi, it's already happened in a poorly-desi
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
> Automotive engineers think about those things
Not always. Hacking a vehicle's brakes is no longer the stuff of sci-fi, it's already happened in a poorly-designed Internet-enabled jeep, see [0]. (As an aside, I have no idea why they thought it was acceptable to do their proof-of-concept demonstration while driving at speed on public roads.)
[0] https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/ https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-hig...
- macintux 6y agoThat story made me angry. There’s no way they could have known precisely what would happen when they executed that hack; software has bugs (the whole point of these exercises) and complex interactions between systems cause all sorts of weird behavior.
- leetcrew 6y agosetting aside unforeseen interactions between complex systems, the article seems to say that they deliberately disabled the brakes on a public road, while the jeep was moving! that goes well past a fun prank for a story. irresponsible on the journalist's part too to consent to this. the point could have been made just as well on a private track.
- userbinator 6y ago(As an aside, I have no idea why they thought it was acceptable to do their proof-of-concept demonstration while driving at speed on public roads.) To cause even more outrage.