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Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve... by dublinben on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @10:19AM (#10009825)
I fully expect a new genre of prank videos to emerge. Self-driving cars with cameras make for perfect targets. Innocent people will be involuntary passengers for a Grand Theft Auto style rampage that is livestreamed for the world to see.
Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve... by grkvlt on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @05:03PM (#10012851)
Really? Do you imagine the only thing stopping people from trying to kill random strangers is the fact they currently have to get up out of bed to do it? Because it can't be the fear of getting caught, since the perpetrators of any vehicular malware that kills people will be caught...
Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve... by pavel_lishin on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @05:49PM (#10013131)
If the fear of getting caught prevented people from committing crimes, jails would be empty.
Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve... by grkvlt on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @07:31PM (#10013618)
Exactly, so according to the people worried about killer malware, the only thing stopping our population of latent murdering sociopaths is the fact that it's currently too much physical effort to go and sabotage some sandom vehicle? As I said, this seems unlikely to me...