[williamcotton]

Ok, so here’s a scenario. Someone waits until an autonomous vehicle comes by with a specific person in it, then they disable the car, and kidnap the person.

Or for car-jackings.

So if you want to kidnap someone or rob them in a vehicle, is getting the firefighter key, which I assume has some PKE going on, and planning around that really worth the effort? Are the state-level actors with the know-how, capabilities and deeper motivations interested in disabling certain taxis?

[dsfyu404ed]

The "fake undercover cop car" type of carjacking/robbery has existed since forever.

It's why "thou shalt never use unmarked cars for traffic enforcement and other 'officer chooses who to bother on a whim' duty" rules come and go from various jurisdictions over time.

People get carjacked/robbed -> policy created -> desire for revenue mounts -> nobody been carjacked/robbed in awhile -> policy rescinded -> go to beginning

[bombcar]

I can disable nearly any vehicle that doesn’t have a model in World of Tanks by driving a large truck directly in front or into it. And elevator keys can be found online - you deal with abuse just like abuse of the emergency stop - by arresting the perpetrators.

[ls612]

It reduces the cost of said abuse. Nowadays you need to acquire a truck or weapons or whatever, in the future all you’d need is a keycard type of device.