If you bring a chinese device into my home and connect to my Wi-Fi and I find out about it (which I will because my router reports new connections etc.), you will be turfed out and you will not be given the new Wi-Fi code.
I wish other people, specifically government, business and industry took this stuff quite as serious as it should be taken; but no, Tik Tok funny right?
Chesney1995 on
Oh that must explain why they’re always so fucking late then
MootRevolution on
What about all these new Chinese cars flooding the market? It would probably be safe to presume they also have a kill switch.
ClassicFlavour on
Rookies. Turning off the battery? No. What you want is a device that makes the bus explode if it goes under 50mph
BaldyBaldyBouncer on
“the technology could potentially be used by manufacturers to interfere with the vehicle’s operations.”
Source, trust me bro
Light991 on
The article says the technology basically exists to enable software updates. Any company that does software updates to your device can basically kill your device.
SoggyWotsits on
Apparently so do Chinese made solar panels, inverters, wind turbines… we’re only a diplomatic blunder away from chaos!
UpsetKoalaBear on
Said this before, but realistically they’re obviously not going to use this for anything nefarious.
If they were planning on using them, surely they would just put remote accelerators in the vehicles instead of kill switches if they wanted to kill our infrastructure.
This is just fear mongering. If China was planning on doing this shit then it obviously would make sense to just make it accelerate uncontrollably.
A bus accelerating to like 50mph into traffic is far more damaging than them being able to remotely turn it off.
Use your brains.
LeaguePuzzled3606 on
Yes, its called standard firmware update functionality. If you drive a Tesla or something moderately expensive the manufacturer could kill it too. Or kill your AC and put it behind a subscription service.
Ravekat1 on
So if the Chinese attack, I’ll never be able to get to Orpington high street?
Sluggybeef on
All of our modern tractors have this. If you stop making finance payments they can switch off your John Deere from Germany
StiffAssedBrit on
Can you imagine if the current crop of politicians had been in power in the 1930’s.
Spitfires would have been built in Germany and we’d have subcontracted ammunition manufacturing to Italy.
Tanks would have been ordered from Japan and shipped half way around the world to save three shillings per unit!
LordAnubis12 on
>Each of the Yutong buses is fitted with an onboard SIM card to allow software updates, but the technology **could potentially** be used by manufacturers to interfere with the vehicle’s operations.
It’s a fairly valid concern to look into, but there’s a lot of maybe and ifs here
>Government security analysts do not believe there is a serious risk the “kill switch” will be used, but the findings could raise concerns over the UK’s dependency on Chinese goodwill for critical infrastructure.
This is the real issue – that the UK is terrified of investing in any of its own infrastructure.
JustGhostin on
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rev-fr-john on
Wait until they discover where the circuit boards for critical safety systems like anti lock brakes are made along with most of the cast iron and steel components used in steering and brakes.
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If you bring a chinese device into my home and connect to my Wi-Fi and I find out about it (which I will because my router reports new connections etc.), you will be turfed out and you will not be given the new Wi-Fi code.
I wish other people, specifically government, business and industry took this stuff quite as serious as it should be taken; but no, Tik Tok funny right?
Oh that must explain why they’re always so fucking late then
What about all these new Chinese cars flooding the market? It would probably be safe to presume they also have a kill switch.
Rookies. Turning off the battery? No. What you want is a device that makes the bus explode if it goes under 50mph
“the technology could potentially be used by manufacturers to interfere with the vehicle’s operations.”
Source, trust me bro
The article says the technology basically exists to enable software updates. Any company that does software updates to your device can basically kill your device.
Apparently so do Chinese made solar panels, inverters, wind turbines… we’re only a diplomatic blunder away from chaos!
Said this before, but realistically they’re obviously not going to use this for anything nefarious.
If they were planning on using them, surely they would just put remote accelerators in the vehicles instead of kill switches if they wanted to kill our infrastructure.
This is just fear mongering. If China was planning on doing this shit then it obviously would make sense to just make it accelerate uncontrollably.
A bus accelerating to like 50mph into traffic is far more damaging than them being able to remotely turn it off.
Use your brains.
Yes, its called standard firmware update functionality. If you drive a Tesla or something moderately expensive the manufacturer could kill it too. Or kill your AC and put it behind a subscription service.
So if the Chinese attack, I’ll never be able to get to Orpington high street?
All of our modern tractors have this. If you stop making finance payments they can switch off your John Deere from Germany
Can you imagine if the current crop of politicians had been in power in the 1930’s.
Spitfires would have been built in Germany and we’d have subcontracted ammunition manufacturing to Italy.
Tanks would have been ordered from Japan and shipped half way around the world to save three shillings per unit!
>Each of the Yutong buses is fitted with an onboard SIM card to allow software updates, but the technology **could potentially** be used by manufacturers to interfere with the vehicle’s operations.
It’s a fairly valid concern to look into, but there’s a lot of maybe and ifs here
>Government security analysts do not believe there is a serious risk the “kill switch” will be used, but the findings could raise concerns over the UK’s dependency on Chinese goodwill for critical infrastructure.
This is the real issue – that the UK is terrified of investing in any of its own infrastructure.
This post was brought to you by ford motor vehicles
Wait until they discover where the circuit boards for critical safety systems like anti lock brakes are made along with most of the cast iron and steel components used in steering and brakes.