dcmdon
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This is a ridiculous thing to actually worry about but I know I'm technically correct.
With all the fly by wire stuff in a modern Jeep the AT version could be hacked to kill you. This kind of attack has already been done by Israel.
Imagine this. The truck gets hacked. The doors lock, the throttle goes to full. The shifter locks in drive, the ABS triggers unnecessarily on all 4 wheels eliminating braking while the steering lock is triggered.
In short you are screwed. The only control you have left is the e-brake. Sure you could try to put the transfer case in neutral, but that's about impossible to do if any torque is going thorugh it.
In a MT Jeep you will at least be able to pop it into neutral before you grab the e-brake.
Like I said ridiculous. But all of the above is true. Every function I mentioned is controlled by the computer.
With all the fly by wire stuff in a modern Jeep the AT version could be hacked to kill you. This kind of attack has already been done by Israel.
Imagine this. The truck gets hacked. The doors lock, the throttle goes to full. The shifter locks in drive, the ABS triggers unnecessarily on all 4 wheels eliminating braking while the steering lock is triggered.
In short you are screwed. The only control you have left is the e-brake. Sure you could try to put the transfer case in neutral, but that's about impossible to do if any torque is going thorugh it.
In a MT Jeep you will at least be able to pop it into neutral before you grab the e-brake.
Like I said ridiculous. But all of the above is true. Every function I mentioned is controlled by the computer.
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