This is problematic for a number of reasons. The most important in my mind is that the risk of the vehicle being hacked and carjacked remotely is always present.
With the presence of an automation kill-switch and manual human controls the driver can always take back control.
Without those, the driver is at the mercy of the hacker.
Vehicle automation falls under the SCADA sub-domain of cyber-security. SCADA stands for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, and the cyber-security in SCADA systems is light-years behind. Pro-tip: going into cyber and want a good certification (if such a thing exists)..then get CISSP-SCADA.
With the presence of an automation kill-switch and manual human controls the driver can always take back control.
Without those, the driver is at the mercy of the hacker.
Vehicle automation falls under the SCADA sub-domain of cyber-security. SCADA stands for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, and the cyber-security in SCADA systems is light-years behind. Pro-tip: going into cyber and want a good certification (if such a thing exists)..then get CISSP-SCADA.
Some relevant articles:
[1] https://physicsworld.com/a/how-to-hack-a-self-driving-car/
[2] https://hackernoon.com/how-to-hack-self-driving-cars-vulnera...
[3] https://blog.tesu.edu/should-we-be-worried-about-the-hacking...