Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve...
by fnordfnordfnord on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @12:33PM
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>a lot.
I guarantee you that engineers warned PM's about this kind of thing from the start.
>Also, those old timers were wrong about drive by wire, there is zero evidence that it's any less safe than physical linkages.
Let's distinguish drive-by-wire from FADEC (or what amounts to a poor-version of FADEC). An electronic throttle is fine. An electronic throttle that cannot be overridden by a casual user not. It's the implementation that's problematic.
I guarantee you that engineers warned PM's about this kind of thing from the start.
>Also, those old timers were wrong about drive by wire, there is zero evidence that it's any less safe than physical linkages.
Let's distinguish drive-by-wire from FADEC (or what amounts to a poor-version of FADEC). An electronic throttle is fine. An electronic throttle that cannot be overridden by a casual user not. It's the implementation that's problematic.