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Re:Unhackable Kernel? by mrweasel on Friday September 18, 2015 @09:16AM (#10238970)
Honestly, I still have issues with that story. Either someone shouldn't be allowed to put computers in cars or someone is lying.

I almost refuse to believe it's possible to jump from the entertainment system to the computers controlling the car. Designing a car where those two systems are connected in any way other than maybe power and one-way signalling from the car to the entertainment system would be reckless to an almost criminal extend. Honestly, what engineer would suggest something like that?

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Re:Unhackable Kernel? by titanomachy on Friday September 18, 2015 @12:27PM (#10240105)
The guys who did the hack chose the Jeep exactly for this reason -- an unregulated data pipe between the entertainment computer and the critical-systems computer. They analysed hundreds of cars and chose the worst-designed one they could find.
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