[slg]

What do you mean by "auto steering and braking"? Does this simply turn on settings that already exist in the car or does this actually control the car through fly by wire commands? If it is the latter, is this something that car manufacturers actively support third parties doing? To the layman like me, that seems like a huge potential liability.

[astazangasta]

Zipcar routinely starts and stops cars by satellite; OnStar pulls speeding fugitives over for the cops. In the 'this is bad' domain, some people say Michael Hastings was killed by remote software exploit of his car.

[trevyn]

The latter. I remember listening to an interview with George where he chose Honda/Acura because they're "generally hands off about these kind of things" meaning aftermarket mods.

[MBCook]

So basically it should work if it's a drive by wire car.

[tim333]

I believe Honda have given them permission to do this. The unit communicates digitally with Hondas built in systems.

[mannykannot]

It is the same mechanism that allowed a Jeep's brakes to be hacked remotely, extended to the steering. So yes, car manufacturers do implement and ship extremely poorly thought-out ideas.