krayfx - Slashdot User

Comment all new scenario for the bad guys (Score 1) 646

by krayfx on Wednesday January 09, 2008 @02:19AM (#21965578) Attached to: GM Says Driverless Cars Will Be Ready By 2018

the Bad guys can:
* claim they dint hijack the car, or carry out kidnapping just by sending a car to the right place and right person at the right time, with only the bot/ AI/ firmware hacked or manipulated
* if the hacker is anonymous, it just takes the human element out of the crime, great situation! yu can get a guy into the car, lock the doors up and direct him to a secluded cliff, and drive him off it! fantastic, just waht gangster have been waiting for!
* arrange for a hacked car, the robbers rob the bank dump the loot in one car and drive in some other :) ... man, one too many situations to think of. imagine the central server hosted on a Windows Server 2018 and it has been compromised by WIN128/ Blaster-2018 virus, and all the auto-driven security cars directed outside of the city. and all the post and courier vans directed to dump all those 5000 mails into your lawn. that'd be spam for real!!!! :) just rolling the dice for some permutation and combinations! was sure fun though! there sure would be immobilizer and other technology. just supposing ....

Submission + - Stealthy Windows update raises serious concerns

Submitted by UniversalVM on Saturday September 15, 2007 @02:29PM

UniversalVM writes: What is the single biggest issue that bothers open source advocates about proprietary software? It is probably the ability of the vendor to pull stunts like this. Windows has stealthily updated components of the operating system using its update service. The update will not be flagged even if you have set up your update to notify you and only execute if permitted.
The weak explanation seems to be a great exercise in circular logic "Had we failed to update the service automatically, users would not have been able to successfully check for updates and, in turn, users would not have had updates installed automatically or received expected notifications." News.com is reporting that all of the updated files on both XP and Vista appears to be in windows update itself. This is information that was independently uncovered by users and still not released by Microsoft.
More interestingly could this be construed as a hacking of Windows users' systems? Does the EULA specify that Microsoft has the right to silently break into my machine, change components of the operating system and ignore any settings that explicitly prohibit this sort of behavior? Seems like a good argument could be made for Microsoft breaking into a system without the users' permission.

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