[_ea1k]

I agree with you. It has always been my hope that these oversights are a direct result of the projects struggling to find a baseline level of value rather than any underlying lack of forethought.

The level of security and approach to security will largely correlate to the types of messages that such a system ultimately needs. This sounds obvious, but I think it really isn't. In a world of self-driving vehicles with lidar + optical sensors, how much v2v communication is required beyond the sensor data?

Until that question is answered, it might not make sense to primarily focus on the security and reliability of said data.

[adamb]

I think there is something romantic about the siren's song that is "we don't need object detection or velocity estimation if all objects self-report their location, velocity, and intent".

I hope you're right and that once we establish best case utility, as a community we refocus on handling component failures more gracefully.

Although it's unclear if the second and third order system effects in our financial system will ever get that sort of treatment. So let's hope driving gets a bit closer to flying (and farther from wall street) in terms of attitude towards safety.

EDIT: clarity