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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by m3rc on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @11:11AM (#12968307)
The issue is that an attacker could gain access to the inside of your car only briefly, but leave a device that continues carrying out the exploit
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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by gambiting on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @11:16AM (#12968365)
And do what exactly? make the car crash? If you want to do that just cut a break fluid line, don't even need to open the car for that.

I mean, I take your general point, but I'm almost certain that 99.9% of people breaking into cars do it to steal them, not to install a virus that will track your location or make your car crash. Both of those can be achieved trivially without even opening the car.

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