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compdog t1_j661inm wrote

Reply to comment by DBDude in Ford now recalling 462,000 SUVs due to rear camera issue linked to at least 17 accidents by EdBegleyJuniorJunior

> too bad they don't do automatic OTA updates.

That's actually a good thing. Imagine if Ford was hacked and someone was able to push a virus to every car remotely.

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Cossil t1_j6742bv wrote

You don’t think that would’ve been done to Tesla by now? To Windows? There are an incredible amount of failsafes for things requiring this level of security.

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cmv1 t1_j6akshh wrote

Plenty of armchair developers here to tell you what is and isn't feasible.

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rypher t1_j664jcy wrote

This is why I don’t allow my smartphone to ever access the internet. Someone might push a virus to me remotely.

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NikeSwish t1_j67aotd wrote

You sound like an old person ranting on Facebook. Software updates need more than one approval for changes, they get internally tested up until release, they get rolled out slowly and not all at once.

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