Daft draft anti-car-hack law could put innocent drivers away for life

  • 30 April 2016
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Rules proposed in Michigan perfect example of tech-illiterate politicians writing tech rules

 


 
BY: 30 Apr 2016 at 00:48, Iain Thomson
 
Two state senators in Michigan, US, have proposed a set of laws that promise life imprisonment for anyone fiddling with a car's software.
Security researchers are crying foul because the rules as they stand effectively outlaw not just hacker hijackers but also legitimate tinkering with engine and dashboard electronics.
The two bills were proposed by Mike Kowall (R-White Lake) and Ken Horn (R-Frankenmuth). The draft rules state that anyone who repeatedly attempts to "intentionally access or cause access to be made to an electronic system of a motor vehicle to willfully destroy, damage, impair, alter or gain unauthorized control of the motor vehicle," faces life in the slammer.
"I hope that we never have to use it," said Kowall. "That's why the penalties are what they are. The potential for severe injury and death are pretty high."
 
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Sounds like a good and sensible move given that such tampering could cause serious injury or even death if any resulting accident is serious enough.

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