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Re:Hackers Remotely Attack a Jeep on the Highway by brandon272 on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @12:15PM (#9923314)
No, these are knowledgable security researchers doing serious work who are probably amenable to discussing their research methods with concerned party via email or phone instead of the concerned party immediately phoning the police.
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Re:Hackers Remotely Attack a Jeep on the Highway by scrumper on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @01:01PM (#9923762)
I don't agree. They breached their own covenant, which doesn't afford them the benefit of the doubt you might assign to 'knowledgeable researchers doing serious work': "We won't do anything life threatening." Then they did precisely that: they disabled the transmission on an uphill freeway ramp with no shoulder, with a very large truck bearing down on the Jeep. Trucks cannot stop quickly. Substantial danger for the driver, the trucker, and everyone around them.
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Re:Hackers Remotely Attack a Jeep on the Highway by emerongi on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @12:31PM (#9923451)
Doesn't matter who they are. They have a loaded gun in their hands. Use it somewhere private or not at all. Anything else is unacceptable and extremely dangerous.
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Re:Hackers Remotely Attack a Jeep on the Highway by brandon272 on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @01:12PM (#9923849)
Well, let's just have these guys arrested for marauding around the freeways with a "loaded gun" and we'll let the Russian hackers figure out the Cherokee's vulnerabilities.
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