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How to hack a self-driving car

18 Aug 2020
Taken from the August 2020 issue of Physics World.

Cars that drive themselves may one day improve road safety by reducing human error – and hopefully deaths by accidents too. However, the hardware and software behind the technology opens up a range of opportunities to hackers, as Stephen Ornes finds out

car hacker conceptual image
(Courtesy: iStock/peshkov)
One morning in March 2019, a brand new, cherry-red Tesla Model 3 sat in front of a Sheraton hotel in

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