so this might me getting overly paranoid about the big brother state
....the fear of cars being hacked has been around for a bit now but a few days ago the FBI and a US safety department released a warning about concerns they have about this.
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/fbi-war...ing-real-risk/
makes sense and obviously a new level of caution must be implemented when adding 3rd party equipment to your car now and one wonders what level of security the car companies are building into their software or are they much more focused on just getting the software to work to be bothered about security.
but those issues aside, given the FBI's recent demands that Apple help the US government break its own encryption makes me more curious about the governments motives are and the unintended consequences of having hacked systems carry out important tasks for us.
and forget about what the government wants to do with this info (its not like drive much more then to work and home anyways) but soon we will have another tool at our disposal to spy on one another, our family members, our employees, our loved ones. its scary to think what some people will do this power of control!
obviously safety first so more pros than cons...but the ability to get in one's own car and drive wherever you want is synonymous with the concept of freedom i grew up with. its a little sad to think that there is a generation coming up who may not grow up thinking a car means freedom.