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by mdp2021 1270 days ago
> Do you use your car 24/7

Yes, we need it reliable: always available in case of need.

> take out an app

I do not see any chance of ever using a car that requires a smartphone.

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The HN system just refused an edit, I will have to reply instead:

I am reading the words of former NATO supreme allied commander James Stavridis,

> Every year, the number of devices connected to the internet grows rapidly. By some estimates, the count is up to more than 50 billion devices, from around 7 million a decade ago. The benefits are real and obvious. (Hooray, I can close my garage door from a thousand miles away on my household Nest!) But so is the fact that each of those devices is a unique point of attack for hackers. We have created a vast, undefendable threat surface

You simply do not put unrequired attack surfaces on critical devices - it is cretinous -, and you do not encourage the practice - it is criminal.