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Recent "conventional" gasoline-based cars are also full of embedded software, much of it of dubious quality. Consider, for instance, this audit of the software
by rst 13y ago
Recent "conventional" gasoline-based cars are also full of embedded software, much of it of dubious quality. Consider, for instance, this audit of the software in recent Toyotas, which found bugs that could cause the car to go out of control:
http://www.edn.com/design/automotive/4423428/Toyota-s-killer-firmware--Bad-design-and-its-consequences http://www.edn.com/design/automotive/4423428/Toyota-s-killer...
What may be unique about Tesla is the explicit provision for over-the-air software updates. But anyone with sufficient technical knowledge and physical access to a conventional car can do very nasty things to the electronics (i.e., deadly to the occupants).
- xradionut 13y agoLike kill a journalist investigating military officials.
- m_d 13y agoWas there any further evidence of this? I remember a lot of speculation at the time of Hasting's death, but I never saw anything conclusive.
- JshWright 13y agoI never saw anything plausible, let alone conclusive.
- xradionut 13y agoWith all the recent revelations about the US government, I think it's very plausible.
- saraid216 13y agoAre we talking Bourne Ultimatum? Because that was 2007.
- tedunangst 13y agoFast & Furious 6 was 2013.
- saraid216 13y agoI do need to watch that.
- PeterisP 13y agoI've no idea about what actually happened to Mr. Hastings, however, the GP raises a valid point that such things definitely can be used to kill people like him.
- kelvin0 13y agoAccroding to some HN readers you should look this incident in Wikipedia. If there is no mention of this being a 'murder' within Wikipedia, than you sir are a fringe 'conspiracy theorist' ... Don't know when Wikipedia became the bearer of all truths ...