Depends on the car. Electric power steering? Electriconically controlled brakes? Elctronically controlled anything??? All you need to do is to get into the CANBUS and it's over. This has been demonstrated in real life already, by enthusiasts, so government can certaily do this, no problem. What's more, now that these tools have leaked, anyone who understands these tools can do this now. Sounds great doesn't it?
/pol/ is literally down syndrome
Evan Allen
Wyatt Baker
i know that for a while the brakes in some dodge vehicles could be disabled through wireless hacking. dodge fixed it but the hack can still be done by physically being plugged in
Jayden Butler
Crazy, good thing I can't afford a new car. I find this video not entirely honest. I know some cars have a back up feature that senses objects which is obviously what they are taking advantage of in this video.
Caleb Hall
let's see them get me in my points ignition, nothing by wire bajabug daily
Wyatt Sanchez
Motherboard did a pretty solid documentary on car hacking like that. Its definitely possible, however for whats shown the hacker needs physical access to the CANBUS. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some backdoor though, especially on internet connected cars or those with onstar
Joseph Brooks
this shit is crazy. Why is /pol/ always right and retarded at the same time?
Chase Nguyen
Couldn't it just lock one of the brakes and make the car pull really hard at an inopportune moment?
Some stability control(is that the right term?) may "tap" the breaks on on wheel, or the brakes on just one side. Had a brake hose that would swell up,reduceing force to the front left wheel, would cause some pretty serious pull.
Leo Allen
Maybe you could engage the brakes on an electronic braking system if you still had a manual handbrake. Even those are going away now, last rental car I had, it had a proper handbrake handle, but there was hardly any resistance or any other kind of feedback when pulling it. It turns out it was electronic too. Anything electronic basically turns from you telling the car to do something, to you asking the car to do something. Once the computer is compromised, it can simply ignore your requests.
Ethan Murphy
I guess they can. I'm not too familiar with newer cars as I'm just a lowly backyard mechanic.
Jose Perry
The gubmint can't hack your car if ain't got nothing to hack.
If it really concerns you, go out and buy an old car that still uses carburetors.