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Re:Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging ... by CaptainZapp on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @05:49AM (#17345112)
> Are they building highly sensitive software?

Yes!

> I would suggest that the factory automation systems would be sensitive to downtime more than anything else

If somebody pulls some shenanigans on the sofware, which is responsible for actually building the cars I'd wager that such software is even more critical than the software in the cars.

Just imagine some twiddling with the break systems being manufactured.

So I don't believe downtime is the major concern. Security of the final product, which is directly derived from such software, is.

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Re:Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging ... by danpalmer on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @07:51AM (#17345704)
Sure, changing factory automation in a way that might affect the quality of the finished product would be sensitive. I don't know how much of an opportunity there is to do that – I'd expect it's much more "it works or it doesn't" with factory automation, but I honestly don't know.
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