[justizin]

> Instead, they’ll be sent a USB drive with a software update they can install through the port on their vehicle’s dashboard.

So, if I'm in someone's Fiat Chryslermobile, and they're pumping gas, I can flash the vehicle's firmware from the passenger seat?

This seems a lot easier than rooting it over the air.

[freehunter]

That's how I get updates on my car. A signed executable from Fiat. It hardly ever works right, and it takes longer than the time you need to fill up with gas. And the car has to remain stationary.