Re:The 'Self Drive' Act puts America on the road to reducing...
by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @02:07PM
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There's a lot of potential gain from car-to-car communication, but I also see a huge risk. I can be reasonably confident in my car's own sensors, but only God knows what my car is being told by other cars about the world; the opportunities for malicious activity there are huge.
It's hard to imagine a system that uses V2V that doesn't rely on some manner of trust, like a closed/encrypted system with car manufacturers having CA-like signing authority or something. And if I've ever learning anything, it's that car companies are not great at network security.
Re:The 'Self Drive' Act puts America on the road to reducing...
by smileysteve on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @04:27PM
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I too saw F8 and The Furious.
Re:The 'Self Drive' Act puts America on the road to reducing...
by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @09:53PM
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Ha, I actually have not. Though I did see the trailer which looked ridiculous.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJCxYZ1XoAAm_CL.jpg:large
I really hope that's just wishful thinking from companies like Qualcomm and wireless operators and not something car makers are actually considering.
Making the cars' critical systems (such as the self-driving systems, which would respond based on other cars' actions in car to car communication) be accessible from the internet sounds like a terrible idea. This is why I hope this type of law is not rushed, as car makers and companies like Uber and Google/Waymo hope it will be.