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How can I trust that something like this has gone through the appropriate, rigorous level of critical systems testing to keep me alive if it's using a phone-hom
by t-writescode 6y ago
How can I trust that something like this has gone through the appropriate, rigorous level of critical systems testing to keep me alive if it's using a phone-home, bluetooth app to make logic decisions?
- g_p 6y agoDon't forget their secure boot measures on the onboard microcontroller, to stop malware or a rogue Bluetooth device doing an OTA DFU update to swap around the GPIO pins to indicate "activated" and not actually arm the system... Some kinds of devices just shouldn't be connected - they should be sold and bought as-is, and function independently of outside factors, as they are safety devices.
- dharmab 6y agoOh man, wait until you find out about motorcycle helmets! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BUyp3HX8cY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BUyp3HX8cY
- t-writescode 6y agoThis is completely different. A helmet is a piece of physical equipment that uses the physical properties of its ingredients and the structure of that equipment to operate. There is no logic in a helmet that impacts its safety feature. This is a jacket that can, in software, decide to not do what it's designed to do.
- elliekelly 6y agoThis is the second FortNine link I've come across in this thread and, even though I have less than zero interest in anything related to motorcycles, the channel is awesome! Surprisingly interest content.
- heavyset_go 6y agoI want to know the engineers' names that signed off on this design.