Re:A mistakenly published password exposed Mercedes-Benz sou...
by quesera on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @08:17AM
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In many US states, there is not even a meaningful safety inspection. In some there is no inspection required at all.
People won't intentionally make their vehicles dangerous, but it's easier to make bad software than to completely bodge a physical repair using manufactured parts.
I don't know how vehicle software works, but hopefully they don't crash like consumer software. Someone here knows the answer -- is there like a supervisory manager/kernel that keeps all the subsystems running? And modular separation so that bad changes to the fuel injection system won't take out the fly-by-wire brakes?
People won't intentionally make their vehicles dangerous, but it's easier to make bad software than to completely bodge a physical repair using manufactured parts.
I don't know how vehicle software works, but hopefully they don't crash like consumer software. Someone here knows the answer -- is there like a supervisory manager/kernel that keeps all the subsystems running? And modular separation so that bad changes to the fuel injection system won't take out the fly-by-wire brakes?