Having worked on large software projects, the answer is, yes. I doubt
very much the people designing this have taken the risks into account.
As with Blue Tooth security will be added on after the fact. In fact
that seems to be the model that Chrysler is following.
On 8/31/2015 3:25 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
On 31 Aug 2015, at 20:10, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
According to some, [...] those who deny that it is possible are wrong.
http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
[...] The conspiracy folks [...]
Do you really, really think that the people who are designing this stuff are
not aware of the risks, and do not spend a lot of time and money thinking about
this stuff, working through the possibilities and the countermeasures? Have you
any idea at all of the types of people who are involved in designing and
validating safety-critical software?
Even so, it won't be perfect, but anyone who thinks that the risks of the
imperfect software coupled with a bloody big Stop! button in every car outweigh
the benefits of saving upwards of 1,000,000 lives per year lost as the result
of human errors must be barking mad.
B
On 8/31/2015 10:01 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
On the whole, that's an exceedingly bad idea. Whose time is coming. I'm
likely won't be around to see it. With computer controlled anti lock
breaks, and computer controlled cruse control, and most every modern car
having it's owned assigned IP address it's only a matter of time before
we have the first recorded homicide by hacking a cars cpu(s) and
network. The more control the computer in the car has the more control
a hacker can achieve. That's assuming there aren't gross errors in the
programming to begin with.
On 8/31/2015 2:07 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
P.s. I think that in 10-15 years time we'll be seeing moves to make it
illegal for humans to drive cars.
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