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EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

They’re running red team hacking scenarios, an extremely standard, common, and good practice in the cybersecurity industry. Any device, especially one connected to the internet, is at risk of being hacked - it would be naive to assume otherwise, so they’re hiring professionals to penetrate their security before someone else does. This is actually a sign they’re taking security seriously.

Also, from the article: “they do not remotely drive the vehicles”.

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Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Also, from the article: “they do not remotely drive the vehicles”.

You may quote and repeat this as much as you like… ;-)

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- EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Do you actually have any evidence Waymo staff can remotely drive their vehicles? Or are you just tilting at windmills? I don’t really appreciate the insinuation that I am some rube by someone evidently unaware of basic cybersecurity concepts.
  
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  - Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    Do you actually have any evidence
    
    I have expressed my belief, or my doubt, however you want to look at it.
    
    someone evidently unaware of basic cybersecurity concepts.
    
    I can assure you that is not the case. I work in IT, all my life, much longer than you, and I know all of it’s basic concepts.
    
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    rebelrbl@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    “I work in IT, all my life, much longer than you, and I know all its basic concepts.”
    
    And anyone who’s spent their life working in IT would laugh you out of the room for that sentence. Lost all credibility with that BS.
    
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    Chozo@fedia.io ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    No. They just end the ride and send somebody from the local depot to drive the car back to the garage.
    
    Source: I was on Waymo's Fleet Response team for a year doing literally this job that is now outsourced overseas. While the tech exists for full remote steering, NHTSA regulations disallow it, and that's one of the few agencies that Google actually has to abide by if they want to drive their cars on public roads.
    
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    EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You and every other conspiracy theorist can express your unevidenced beliefs how you like, this conversation clearly isn’t worth my time.
    
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