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Judge Rules In Favor of Volkswagen and Silences Scientist

Posted by samzenpus on from the keep-your-mouth-shut dept.

sl4shd0rk writes "Samsung-is-not-as-cool-as-Apple Judge Colin Birss, rules in favor of Volkswagon to ban Flavio Garcia, a computer scientist, from revealing details about 'Wirelessly Lockpicking a Vehicle Immobiliser' at USENIX in August. Volkswagen says the flaw could allow someone to 'break the security and steal a car' so it is justifiable grounds for blocking Flavio's paper. No word yet on how soon Volkswagen will have a patch."

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  1. Re:This is why we have a first amendment. by cultiv8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Would be interesting to know who's voting me off topic.

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