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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by jtbayly on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @09:26AM (#15806970)
Yeah, but we're dealing with an order of magnitude difference if we give them control over > 1Million mobile bombs (ie 1 large self-driving car network).
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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by ovao on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @12:08PM (#15808525)
Unless it was somehow possible to remotely trigger a battery explosion, no, we would not be giving anyone control over “mobile bombs”.
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