>An analogue radio can do anything that an internet connection or digital radio does, but it's sort of redundant to reimplement all the functionality that modern IP gives you just because you don't like the internet.
Who says I don't like the Internet?
Quite the opposite, in fact. But not all communication should be done via that network of inter-connected networks.
No wireless (and in some cases, even wired) communication can ever be completely secure.
When there's a device (in this case a vehicle) that can cause injury, death, destruction and/or other mayhem, taking steps to ensure that it can't be controlled remotely, as long as humans are in the mix, is a necessity not a burden.
You may be happy to put your life in the hands of a script kiddie maliciously updating your vehicle's operating software, but I'm not.
Sure, there are many conveniences associated with allowing remote access to vehicles. But when I get behind the wheel (or potentially in a passenger seat of a self-driving vehicle), my top priority is not to die.
Allowing arbitrary connections to a device that can kill me contradicts that priority.
Who says I don't like the Internet?
Quite the opposite, in fact. But not all communication should be done via that network of inter-connected networks.
No wireless (and in some cases, even wired) communication can ever be completely secure.
When there's a device (in this case a vehicle) that can cause injury, death, destruction and/or other mayhem, taking steps to ensure that it can't be controlled remotely, as long as humans are in the mix, is a necessity not a burden.
You may be happy to put your life in the hands of a script kiddie maliciously updating your vehicle's operating software, but I'm not.
Sure, there are many conveniences associated with allowing remote access to vehicles. But when I get behind the wheel (or potentially in a passenger seat of a self-driving vehicle), my top priority is not to die.
Allowing arbitrary connections to a device that can kill me contradicts that priority.