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by the_lego 1054 days ago
> In safety-critical and highly-regulated systems like automotive and health care, there's a meaningful regulatory interest in ensuring that the devices as sold and authorized to be on the road (or in patients' hospital rooms) don't get modified in dangerous ways.

On the other hand, a Minority Report future where "your" car answers to a different master, or you don't have the right or ability to control your own medical implants and prosthetics, is terrifying. Given that we've lived for almost a century in a world where cars can be modified in unlicensed ways, I'll go with the devil we know.