Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM vehicles

Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve... by maxerickson on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @01:37PM (#10011423)

There are no cars on the road that have brake lines that are tamper proof, so I'm not sure you are setting the bar at the correct level.

It will be interesting to watch the ongoing situation with Chrysler:

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/chrysler-harman-hit-class-actio...

If the class action goes forward there will be a legal examination of whether a security flaw that allows remote tampering is a safety defect or not (of course it is, but I mean in the context of liability).

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Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve... by droopyEyelids on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @01:59PM (#10011563)

are you arguing the difference in the ease with which digital information can be altered compared to physical reality is a negligible difference?

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Re:Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM ve... by maxerickson on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @02:11PM (#10011648)

I'm pointing out that shipping imperfect software has not yet been determined to be negligence.

I pretty much expect that automakers will quickly start shipping systems with effective segregation (the cost pretty clearly doesn't outweigh the PR downside), so the interesting question really is whether the cars on the road today represent negligence or not.

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