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How long until someone finds themselves in a life-threatening situation because their car refuses to start because it has been remotely deactivated?
by mratzloff 13y ago
How long until someone finds themselves in a life-threatening situation because their car refuses to start because it has been remotely deactivated?
- tedunangst 13y agoHow often has someone found themselves in a life threatening situation five minutes after the repo man towed their car away? I suspect the incidence rates will be similar.
- mikeash 13y agoAbout a hundred years after the first time someone found themselves in a life-threatening situation because their car refused to start because they couldn't pay for gas.
- Karunamon 13y agoThere's a real and fundamental gap between "physically unable to run" and "physically able to run, but blocked from doing so by someone else's actions".
- mikeash 13y agoIf gasoline is available, but the owner of the gasoline refuses to dispense it because you can't pay, then you are in the second category.
- tantalor 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_dilemma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_dilemma
- Karunamon 13y ago(Car analogies: the bane of hackers everywhere.. especially when talking about cars ^^) The gas is available and you already paid for it (via the power bill) - DRM reaching out to kill the system is a third party action.
- tedunangst 13y agoHaven't you ever watched macgyver? All life threatening situations include a second source of gasoline and a garden hose to siphon it with.