From what I read, the mandated system cannot be activated remotely. The bill describes a local subsystem that somehow determines if the driver is incompetent and disabled the car. The only real danger here, imo, is the extreme vagueness of the “somehow” (not to discredit the seriousness of this danger).
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
The problem with a vehicle kill switch is the same problem as an encryption backdoor for law enforcement. It will leak, quickly (inside a year) and so not only will law enforcement misuse this power (history shows they’ve misused all powers they’ve been given) but nefarious interests will use it to cause havoc.
QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 10 months ago
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Slippery slope. What if an update is pushed to the car that can determine if the driver is incompetent?
QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They probably will, and your incompetence would be one of the least personal pieces of information modern vehicles collect about you. Actually, I would guess that all car manufacturers already have this data; the car just doesn’t act on it.
scottywh@lemmy.world 10 months ago
one problem…