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And here I was thinking these blow-and-go contraptions were self contained. I should have known better.
this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2026
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They want to be able to remotely disable vehicles, but in the process have made us vulnerable to all sophisticated actors to do so. Our leaders have their priorities all screwed up.
Once again proving backdoors are fucking idiotic.
Not sure that I would really agree that these are backdoor. Since disabling the vehicle remotely is kinda the express intention of this device. Just a consequence of how they designed them to not be circumvented by the operator.
Why is remote access the intention? Should the device not verify the alchohol % locally and then mechanically allow the car to star or not? What part of that needs any form of remote oversight?
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Since disabling the vehicle remotely is kinda the express intention of this device
Uhhh nope, there's no reason for a remote connection.
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This is a great story to illuminate the large number of problems that could be addressed by decent public transit, better options for walking and biking, etc.
Boo for the cyber attack but fuck people who drive drunk repeatedly to the point of needing an interlock device. Maybe don't drink and drive you fucking sack of shit.
Fuck the lock, ban them from driving. Inexcusable.
Perfect solution. Really needs public transit or walkable cities to work so win-win.
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Driving under the influence is a ban able offence (reckless endangerment) in most countries.
So is a proper driver's ed before giving even a learner's permit. US loves giving a multi ton killing machine to untrained people with impulse control. And teenagers
I agree with you, but the difference is that, in the US, people NEED to be able to drive to function in society. That's why the bar has to be so low to get a license.
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Comments sections. Where nuance goes to die. All context is flattened and your views must be expressed as black or white lest you get branded as having the wrong opinion.
Amen, Lemmy is in the starting stages of how reddit went my brother. It's inherent to the format
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Not-so hot take: the underlying issue is lack of public transportation.
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Never knew anyone who had one, but a friend of mine dated a guy who did. He would beg her to breathe into it for him.
That's insane but as an alcoholic I can absolutely see someone doing it.
Some are social butterflies who have to be out and about but talk about not learning lessons.
“Not learning lessons” is a pretty mild way to put it.
The only way it isn’t pure evil is if we allow that the alcoholic is not in control of their actions. And if we allow that, they cannot be trusted to drive, or really to even have their freedom. They are 5150, plain and simple.
They're in control but reaching them is something best done by people like them in my experience.
Logic only goes so far, clearly.
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Hegseth is gonna be even more angry than ~~born~~ normal when he can't drive from point a to point b because of this.
That’s why he lives in the base. So he doesn’t have to admit he got his license revoked.
To be fair, I too would be angry had I been born normal.
How are these people planning to drive? The cost of fuel is excruciating! If it wasn’t because of Operation Epstein Fury, driving may have been an option.
They just breathe into the gas tank after happy hour.
Internet connected breathalyzer... May I ask why? If they need periodic recalibrations all of them don't need it right now no?
Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
I had one disable my car in rush hour traffic in another city on a roadtrip, they had no way to do anything to get me back up and running. I assume this is for those kinds of cases. I was taking up a lane on the interstate with a cop staring at me, trying to hum the little fucker back to life while a tow truck came.
That's why you use the ones with the weird salt inside. No computer, no problem !
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