forget photographing license plates!

[Robert A. Rosenberg]

On 15 Aug 96 01:31:08 -0800, null at void.com wrote:

>"In the 22 Jul 1996 issue of Fortune was an interesting look into the future
>of automobile electronics, "Soon Your Dashboard Will Do Everything (Except
>Steer)".  "
>From the control center, they can "electronically reach into the car" to
>unlock the doors, or honk the horn and flash its lights."

>It is extremely comforting to me -- I don't know about you -- to think
>that GM will maintain a control center able to communicate with my auto
>>electronics.  Shit, why not TRW?

Why, when I read this, do I keep getting flashes of Kirk&Co hacking into
Kahn's Shipboard Computers to get it to drop the Ship's shields <g>?