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Ah, HN's double standards... I mean: it's amazing to see all these people saying, on one side, "It's normal that there are hundreds of millions of zombies part

Ah, HN's double standards... I mean: it's amazing to see all these people saying, on one side, "It's normal that there are hundreds of millions of zombies part of gigantic botnets, we'll never have 100% secure software" and, on the other side, these very same people saying: "Can't wait to have an autonomous car in 3 years / 15 years". So what is it? Insecure software or safe cars? So are there going be theorem provers used to proove that the OSes in these cars are bulletproof? And the compilers of course shall have been prooved secure too? If not it means there are software security issues right? Someone commanding one million zombie PC is not cool. Someone commanding one million zombie autonomous car is downright scary.

DanBC 14y ago
I hope my car doesn't auto-run email attachments or let me browse and download from obviously dodgy websites.
- martinced 14y ago
  You mean like domestic broadband routers? How many of these are part of botnets? A huge lot. Software ain't secure yet. I'm not saying it can't be. But we're simply not there yet.
tokenadult 14y ago
I don't think that there is any double standard here. I think most of us who have driven in most countries have noticed that there are some truly incompetent human drivers on the road who raise risk for everyone. It's enough for self-driving cars to reduce the risk of traveling from place to place. If I must travel, why not let the machine do the driving, while I think about my work with full attention or engage in undistracted conversation with fellow passengers? You are of course entitled to travel only by means like commercial airlines or railroad lines that will not be self-driving as soon as some cars will. I think the regulators of highway traffic in each country will make reasonable trade-offs about the timing and conditions under which self-driving cars will be allowed on the roads I travel. I look forward to that day, having seen how local human drivers drive.
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fzzzy 14y ago
This sounds like the plot for an excellent sci fi horror flick.

DanBC 14y ago

I hope my car doesn't auto-run email attachments or let me browse and download from obviously dodgy websites.

martinced 14y ago
You mean like domestic broadband routers? How many of these are part of botnets? A huge lot. Software ain't secure yet. I'm not saying it can't be. But we're simply not there yet.

tokenadult 14y ago

I don't think that there is any double standard here. I think most of us who have driven in most countries have noticed that there are some truly incompetent human drivers on the road who raise risk for everyone. It's enough for self-driving cars to reduce the risk of traveling from place to place. If I must travel, why not let the machine do the driving, while I think about my work with full attention or engage in undistracted conversation with fellow passengers? You are of course entitled to travel only by means like commercial airlines or railroad lines that will not be self-driving as soon as some cars will. I think the regulators of highway traffic in each country will make reasonable trade-offs about the timing and conditions under which self-driving cars will be allowed on the roads I travel. I look forward to that day, having seen how local human drivers drive.

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fzzzy 14y ago

This sounds like the plot for an excellent sci fi horror flick.