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by eastbound 938 days ago
But more prone to infotainment saturating the CAN bus. Infotainment can be hacked using the 5G connection facilities which no-one takes seriously. The CAN bus also drives the brakes.

I wouldn’t say it’s as easy as cutting the brake cables in 1950, but it’s as efficient.

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> cutting the brake cables in 1950

Service brakes were typically hydraulic long before 1950. Only parking brakes would have been cable operated on the overwhelming majority of cars on the road in 1950 (or since).