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The Feds' Vehicle 'Kill Switch' Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy | Jon Miltimore (fee.org)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (3 children)

So this isn't an external kill switch. It's far more likely to be a lane and driver monitoring system integral to the car itself.

The big problem is what do you do with a car that's stopped itself? Obviously you need emergency services, and obviously you can't depend on the passengers to call them. So the real effect here is to mandate the integration of vehicles into the emergency service networks so the car can call up dispatch.

I would say this is another brick in the argument for an open source car operating system that keeps the car offline and gives you the tools you want.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I would say this is another brick in the argument for an open source car operating system

...Go analog with a carb, maybe? Only thing that can stop a carb from working is it being out of gas. Or changing altitude. Or bad fuel. Or it's too cold and/or hot. ... OK lots of things can stop carbs, but the government sure can't, at least.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

clogged jets... lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Sticky float, bad gasket, clogged line, etc, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That’s what the Seagram is for, probably.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

OK lots of things can stop carbs, but the government sure can't, at least.

Nixon thought he could, hence the war on drugs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Jailbreaking cars will be the new software development in piracy. Just wait for someone to figure out a way to permanently disable this entire system.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I would jailbreak my vehicle's head unit SOFAST!!!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do you think that last sentence will ever happen though? I'd be stoked if it did, but the cynical side of me says we're already doomed...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not outside of a niche group with the skills to do it themselves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah, that's kind of what I think too. Maybe someone will figure out how to jailbreak, like another commenter suggested.