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Re:Hacker Finds He Can Remotely Kill Car Engines After Break... by Causality1 on Saturday April 27, 2019 @03:03PM (#19767076)
Unless my car can drive itself, I will always disconnect any of this "IoT writ large" bullshit. I have my phone for navigation. My car does not need a cellular transceiver or a GPS antenna and I will happily rip both of them out by the wires.
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Re:Hacker Finds He Can Remotely Kill Car Engines After Break... by wallace_f on Saturday April 27, 2019 @03:27PM (#19767185)
You can only go so far with it. Fundamentally it scares me that I no longer have a mechanical connection between myself and the brakes, or other drivetrain components.
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Re:Hacker Finds He Can Remotely Kill Car Engines After Break... by jondumbau on Sunday April 28, 2019 @12:47AM (#19769400)
What do you mean? Brakes must be mechanically connected, I believe it's the law here.
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Re:Hacker Finds He Can Remotely Kill Car Engines After Break... by jimktrains2 on Sunday April 28, 2019 @01:48PM (#19772497)
You should be able to pump the breaks with a pedal in the case of a power breaking failure. That doesn't mean the car can engage the break via other means.

What gets me is electronic parking breaks, as that feels like it goes against the while purpose of the parking break.

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Re:Hacker Finds He Can Remotely Kill Car Engines After Break... by wallace_f on Monday April 29, 2019 @12:43AM (#19775893)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake-by-wire
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