[alex-robbins]

The only difference between this and https://xkcd.com/1958/ is that this attack confuses cars from certain manufacturers but not human drivers, and I'm not sure that that distinction is important.

Is this attack actually in anybody's threat model?

[sircastor]

It should be. We've seen real, in-the-wild attacks on self-driving systems: People putting cones on hoods.

There are people out there who don't want autonomous vehicles on the streets. Whatever their reasoning is isn't particularly relevant, because if someone wants to accomplish a given end, this has potential as an attack vector.

[Dylan16807]

Trapping a car is very different from blocking important information while it's at speed.

A cone is not an example of a dangerous attack.

[recursive]

Failing defensively seems... good?

It's not like cones cause the cars to jam the accelerator.

[hiatus]

We live in a time where kids will call a SWAT team to someone's house because they don't like their twitch stream. I wouldn't underestimate what people will do for the lols, especially if there is a disconnect between their actions and the outcome.