Comment Re:Consider the background of auto makers (Score 1) 160
"The kind of hack that takes control of a car and disables the brakes is not an accident. It is like someone cutting the brake lines. And we don't require car manufacturers to make brake lines out of triply reinforced kevlar and steel so that people can't maliciously cut through them, nor require automakers to wrap the car in fireproof material in case somebody douses it in gasoline and sets fire to it. They just need to be enough to make it through standard operating conditions, not outright attacks. "
I don't think this is a good comparison. A better comparison would be that the car company puts a little green button on the outside of the door of your car which triggers the breaks to lock in the car and not asking if this green button might not be a smart or safe thing to have on the outside of the car. Then while you are driving on the highway, a gang of hooligans comes along and presses that button out of their window causing you to lock up your breaks, swerve and crash into a barrier killing you.
Sure all these technical advances are fun and can make or improve the experience you have while in the car. But if are adding little green buttons and you don't have a good grasp behind the little green button technologies, then the onus is on you to speak to expert in that specific field. and if you don't, then the fault and liability if on you.