So we'll need kapirsky for our cars now ?

[Wade]

I remember one of the talking points about flight 370's disappearance was the possibility that the plane may have been hijacked remotely and the plane's computers were hacked.

Today I heard a discussion on a local program about this:

Your car is a giant computer - and it can be hacked - Jun. 1, 2014

 

[mike]

With the addition of computer technology in cars this is becoming more and more of an issue

We had an intersection in the Sydney CBD that was some sort of EM hotspot and was causing certain brands of cars to conk out.

And installing systems designed to do it on purpose is a rising trend

Car Payment Or Else: Engine Shut Off Systems

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Yes low-end used car places are pulling that stunt in the US I hear.

But that story dates to 2009.

 

[mike]

A more recent report

Starter cut-off devices keep car payments coming : Business

 

[mike]

The European Union is secretly developing a "remote stopping" device to be fitted to all cars that would allow the police to disable vehicles at the flick of a switch from a control room.
Confidential documents from a committee of senior EU police officers, who hold their meetings in secret, have set out a plan entitled "remote stopping vehicles" as part of wider law enforcement surveillance and tracking measures.
"The project will work on a technological solution that can be a 'build in standard' for all cars that enter the European market," said a restricted document.
The devices, which could be in all new cars by the end of the decade, would be activated by a police officer working from a computer screen in a central headquarters.
EU has secret plan for police to 'remote stop' cars - Telegraph

 

[boomerang]

Oh Brave New World...