By Graham Cluley posted 3 Jul 2015
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Clearly its frustrating for those 433,000 car owners, and a major nuisance for the car dealerships that will have to apply the software fix even if it only takes a few minutes in the showroom.
Wouldn’t it have been much less of a nuisance if those Ford cars had been able to update themselves via the internet instead?
Well, yes, maybe that would have been a smoother way to roll out the software patch to all those cars – but don’t forget there are significant security challenges with that approach too.
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433,000 Ford cars recalled because of software bug - would you have preferred an internet update?
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Well, this is just the thin end of the future edge...as we will no doubt find as more and more manufacturers move towards the 'computerisation' of vehicles.
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And then charge a fortune for the privilege of looking at the car.@ wrote:
Well, this is just the thin end of the future edge...as we will no doubt find as more and more manufacturers move towards the 'computerisation' of vehicles.
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And most probably end up playing Solitare or another game whilst doing the work (for that extortionate fee)...LOL
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