Comment by josefritzishere
10 months ago
If your transport is accessible remotely, it can be hacked remotely. This reminds me of that story about Polish Trains. In that case GPS was used to execute a kill code. https://social.hackerspace.pl/@q3k/111528162462505087
This 10 year old article may be of interest if you are into stuff like that: https://illmatics.com/Remote%20Car%20Hacking.pdf
When the next petya-class worm hits, IOT is going to be so very painful.
Personally, I'd like to skip over all of the buildup and go straight to hoverboard mafia pizza delivery.
Go full Snowcrash - I can think of several current world leaders who need "Poor Impulse Control" tattooing on their foreheads.
I need to re-read that book, one of my all time favourites.