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Re:The Mercedes Robo-Car That Made Me Want to Stop Driving by colechristensen on Monday March 30, 2015 @03:36AM (#9288086)
How about when someone thinks it's fun to hack the simplistic behavior and intelligence of an automated vehicle?

I'm absolutely positive that it's not going to be that long or that hard to find – opportunities – to fool the sensors and intelligence of any car built in the next several decades.

Sonic and GPS jammers and forgers, paining a few extra lines on an interstate, projecting images to fool image recognition... and on and on and on. Not to mention more traditional computer exploitation.

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Re:The Mercedes Robo-Car That Made Me Want to Stop Driving by EliRivers on Monday March 30, 2015 @07:52AM (#9288876)
This is true, but I can already do this to the human drivers. I could easily get a really bright light, and make it impossible for drivers to see. I could already create fake signs, or repaint the road markings to make people simply drive off the road.
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