Laser Pointer Hack Easily Dupes Driverless CarsA simple off-the-shelf laser pointer could be combined with a very basic computer to disrupt the multithousand-dollar Lidar systems installed in most self-driving cars, a security researcher warned last week. A setup that costs about $60 could trick the system, which autonomous vehicles use to sense objects in the road, into responding as though there were obstacles ahead when there were none.
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Laser Pointer Hack Easily Dupes Driverless Cars