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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by umvi on Monday October 12, 2020 @01:25PM (#24756860)
Theoretically if the systems are properly decoupled and airgapped than the hacking surface area should be quite low. You might be able to hijack the music coming through the speakers, but you should never be able to control the brakes over the internet.

In real life is that what actually happens? Sadly, no. Car companies seem to make a lot of bone-headed systems engineering design decisions (such as having a computer network path connecting infotainment to critical safety systems)

Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by Faark on Monday October 12, 2020 @05:44PM (#24759780)
> Theoretically if the systems are properly decoupled and airgapped than the hacking surface area should be quite low.

Since an over the air update is supposed to improve your 0 to 60 times, pretty much all systems must allow to be updated and thus hardly can be airgapped.

Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by R0b0t1 on Monday October 12, 2020 @03:38PM (#24758538)
How small the surface is is irrelevant, an internet connected car is more of a risk. I don't want all these features in a car.
Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @09:44AM (#24776425)
Something that is connected to the Internet is, by definition, not airgapped.