EFF: Modify DMCA to protect independent research into car hacking

Car owners – in other words, almost everyone – were buzzing in a bad way yesterday about a report in Wired that showed two security experts demonstrating the ability to remotely commandeer and control a Jeep that was traveling on a highway.

It was harrowing just to read about this sophisticated hack, never mind imagining the reality of finding oneself in such a situation.

Whether coincidental or not, lawmakers are responding with calls to hold the auto industry to task.

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