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The latter half is a purely speculative opinion piece and, in my opinion, trues to blend too well with the facts in the article. > The ultimate dystopian scena
by lionkor 5y ago
The latter half is a purely speculative opinion piece and, in my opinion, trues to blend too well with the facts in the article.
> The ultimate dystopian scenario involves giving police the power to utilize similar technology to completely disable the functioning of a vehicle if the driver is deemed to have committed an infraction. This doesn’t need to be a criminal offense, if the pursuit of social credit score schemes continues to become more invasive, it would eventually be used as a form of punishment for everything from unpaid utility bills to offensive comments posted on social media.
- core-utility 5y agoI didn't see a mention of remote access, but if one is to assume that's possible then that's a huge vector for a major terrorism attack. Disable every vehicle with a black box from driving. Near term effect is preventing those vehicles from operating, long term effect is the distrust in those systems and vehicle manufacturers it'll bring.
- danuker 5y agoI am surprised no such widely-publicized attack happened yet on CPUs. The Intel Management Engine and AMD Platform Security Processor allow remote access. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/the-management-engine-an-attack-on-computer-users-freedom https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/the-management-engine-an-...
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