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A comment on Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on April 11. Parent comment

Re:Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on ... by xiphias on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @03:33PM (#11491439)
People won't be able to override a buggy software: they can't even do that now, just look at the remote Audi and BMW hacks that can brake the car on the highway.
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Re:Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on ... by seanp2k2 on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @04:09PM (#11491760)
Or the jeep: https://blog.kaspersky.com/blackhat-jeep-cherokee-hack-expla...

Auto mfgs seem to be about 20-30 years behind when it comes to computers. Not really surprising that Tesla is whomping them on this front, given how SV people are scrambling to work there. You don't see that with the Big 3 or really any other car mfg.

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