[Boudica]

While I love the concept of full digital and self driving cars, I completely agree on this. I don't wanna any shared control over my car. However, many cars now-a-days have the ability for someone to take full control via the CAN bus. Add on top of that that newer Fords, Mazdas, and many other brands feature Vehicle Control over LTE where your keyfob/remote is supplemented by an app on your phone which works anywhere. One flaw in the security and that becomes millions of vehicles that can be started or unlocked without the owners permission, and that is all without trying to push the service further for shutdown or the like, that is just intended functionality by an unintended party.

Omg THIS. I cannot fathom why anyone would want car/house/etc functionality controlled by their mobile phones. People can't even protect their personal photos from being leaked, let alone preventing something really serious.

If people understood personal IT security a little better, or even on a completely basic level it might be a different story so.

In fairness, it would be amazing if IT based education in schools moved beyond "here's how to make a PowerPoint and here's how to use excel" and started having a required course in security.

There are so many things my younger relatives are completely unaware of, despite being part of the "tech generation". Parents sure as hell aren't going to teach kids something they don't know either.

Companies should also be better at including basic security in their inductions.