An officer contacted Cruise personnel, and no citation was issued."

“It’s basically a vulnerability which you are deliberately adding into your code,” Contos said.

A backdoor is a backdoor, period.

Close-up view from behind of General Motors Cruise self-driving car

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The same is true with a car, it’s just a much bigger system."

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The FBI is already looking into how autonomous cars will affect policing.

Just having these technical capabilities, even if not activated, could lend themself to future exploitation… “That use case makes perfect sense,” he added.

Inside of a car, driving on the highway at sunset

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