• jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Seeing this coincidentally. I may be wrong about the immobilizer but even having one aspect of the car fail could cause issues if the person isnt expecting it, especially if they are already speeding. Also theres no saying if there could have been physical sabotage to the car or that he was driving something with issues like a recent honda (steering rack issues that cause them to lock up)

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I think you’re trying to defend if this was him being killed by ICE - while I personally doubt it was (why would ICE care enough to do this elaborate conspiracy BS that almost failed when they could just, you know, shoot him) - that’s not really needed here, I’m not trying to make a case either way. I’m just pointing out that “hacking a car” can’t, outside of a handful of models, be used by a hacker as an automatic crash button. Even that example you linked to at worst just disabled the engine, which wouldn’t inherently cause someone to lose control of a car (idk if you’ve ever had an engine die while you’re driving, but it really isnt a big deal to manage).