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Re:HP installs system-slowing spyware on its PCs by cmurf on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:09PM (#15800340)
It's not the same danger in the same way, until car steering, et al, have a dependency on proprietary firmware that we can't inspect and understand. In the meantime, the mechanical components can be cut open, their operation understood. What's more likely than uncommanded veering, is you lose power steering, and can't easily steer.
Re:HP installs system-slowing spyware on its PCs by majewsky on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:44PM (#15802106)
Modern cars have a lot of electronics involved in things like steering, and some researchers already demonstrated that they can take over the steering of a car from remote by exploiting vulnerabilities in those electronics.