[Kaled]

The real danger as the technology starts to become more common is the government trying to force installation of remote-control capability using the usual pretexts (i.e. “We need to be able to shut down cars to stop child abductions / terrorists / whatever”). See the current official moaning and gnashing of teeth over secure data encryption for a present-day example.

[LogicDesigner]

“The real danger as the technology starts to become more common is the government trying to force installation of remote-control capability using the usual pretexts (i.e. “We need to be able to shut down cars to stop child abductions / terrorists / whatever”). See the current official moaning and gnashing of teeth over secure data encryption for a present-day example.”

Well, someone else brought up On-Star’s remote kill switch technology. It is fairly old tech at this point and I have not heard of anyone wanting to make it required. It is purely an optional feature for the owner of the car.