alt Hacker NewsI wonder if this will cause new legislation to be created, and new government bodies like the FDA. If this becomes available to many homes, what is to stop a hacker from programming this humanoid to kill its owners?
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> what is to stop a hacker from programming this humanoid to kill its owners?
What's to stop a hacker from hacking into the tesla update server and pushing an update that causes all teslas to max accelerate right off bridges?
I wonder if over-the-air updates for cars will cause new legislation and a new regulatory body making it illegal to push a murder-update to cars, cause otherwise someone will surely do that.
It's neither that easy to "just hack anything", nor does the world have skilled malicious people that want to commit murder, if only they could do it through hacking instead of with a gun.
Like, this fear-mongering about "what if the hackers turn this into a weapon" seems like such a silly worry in a country where anyone can trivially acquire a gun and a bump-stock, or a car, or a drone and materials for a bomb. Or a canister of gasoline and a pack of matches.
Murder is still murder. Whether it’s done in person or through a screen.
IANAL.. I know current US computer crime laws are extremely broad and ill-defined. Curious to hear opinion from someone who actually knows some law.