Computers that are so intertwined with vehicles that they are a huge risk and vulnerability was a precursor of what we now see with these shitty 'internet of things' devices that have either become hostile like the amazon ones that all network and spy on you without your consent, and/or merely a security/hack risk.. like all the baby monitor devices or doorbell cameras that somehow end up being controlled over the internet by malicious parties.
No good reason to saddle a car with such a shitty thing like a computer that can remotely fuck with the driver, make brakes fail, screw up accelerations and steering and anything else. Supposedly this is how Michael Hastings was assassinated, and conceivably it could happen to anyone else in a modern enough car also.
Fuck that noise, I dont mind seeing the industry fail if they cant make safe cars that dont have little trojan spyware/assassin devices built into them.
My thoughts also. Get rid of the chips in the cars. The older cars didn't need them. They only add to the cost and as we see now, possibly can bring the entire production to a stand still.
How long has international trade been down for.. a good year and a half? Some period of shipping delays and cancellations are tolerable as local inventories of these essential parts can suffice for a short amount of time. But not forever.
And now china is flexing on taiwan, and japan is being threatened with nukes. A lot of chip fabs in both of those places. That cant help matters.
The parts might have their own part numbers and their own in-house designs, but how different would the actual component loadouts be? Its entirely plausible that a couple of key parts that all depend on are made at only one place in the world.. that flew under the radar entirely until the supply chain took a big hit.
I'm going with Hanlon's razor on this one - 'dont attribute to malice which can adequately be described by stupidity'. At least until there is more info available.
I'm going with Hanlon's razor on this one - 'dont attribute to malice which can adequately be described by stupidity'. At least until there is more info available.
So...
All the car manufacturers in the world suddenly become incompetent morons.
They didn't have any trouble getting the other needed items for their manufacturing because of the virus, just this one.
Even though the car designs use different chips, they all were suddenly unattainable.
Sorry, this is NOT stupidity. That is not credible.
Have you not heard about shortages in other industries? Just in time manufacturing and globalism is one hell of a vulnerability when it comes to security of ones parts sourcing.
Nothing sudden about it by the way, as I said the build up for this one has been a while coming.
Computers that are so intertwined with vehicles that they are a huge risk and vulnerability was a precursor of what we now see with these shitty 'internet of things' devices that have either become hostile like the amazon ones that all network and spy on you without your consent, and/or merely a security/hack risk.. like all the baby monitor devices or doorbell cameras that somehow end up being controlled over the internet by malicious parties.
No good reason to saddle a car with such a shitty thing like a computer that can remotely fuck with the driver, make brakes fail, screw up accelerations and steering and anything else. Supposedly this is how Michael Hastings was assassinated, and conceivably it could happen to anyone else in a modern enough car also.
Fuck that noise, I dont mind seeing the industry fail if they cant make safe cars that dont have little trojan spyware/assassin devices built into them.
My thoughts also. Get rid of the chips in the cars. The older cars didn't need them. They only add to the cost and as we see now, possibly can bring the entire production to a stand still.
So you believe that all the car manufacturers didn't see any shortage coming and they all just dropped the ball?
All of them, even though they use different parts.
How long has international trade been down for.. a good year and a half? Some period of shipping delays and cancellations are tolerable as local inventories of these essential parts can suffice for a short amount of time. But not forever.
And now china is flexing on taiwan, and japan is being threatened with nukes. A lot of chip fabs in both of those places. That cant help matters.
The parts might have their own part numbers and their own in-house designs, but how different would the actual component loadouts be? Its entirely plausible that a couple of key parts that all depend on are made at only one place in the world.. that flew under the radar entirely until the supply chain took a big hit.
I'm going with Hanlon's razor on this one - 'dont attribute to malice which can adequately be described by stupidity'. At least until there is more info available.
So...
All the car manufacturers in the world suddenly become incompetent morons.
They didn't have any trouble getting the other needed items for their manufacturing because of the virus, just this one.
Even though the car designs use different chips, they all were suddenly unattainable.
Sorry, this is NOT stupidity. That is not credible.
Have you not heard about shortages in other industries? Just in time manufacturing and globalism is one hell of a vulnerability when it comes to security of ones parts sourcing.
Nothing sudden about it by the way, as I said the build up for this one has been a while coming.
Hanlon's razor is a victim of itself ....