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Volkswagen Ordered To Recall 500K Vehicles Over Its Own Malicious Programming

Etherwalk writes: The Obama Administration today ordered Volkswagen to recall 500,000 4-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi vehicles from model years 2009-15. The vehicles were programmed to turn on more thorough emissions control and generate cleaner readings when tested for emissions than they did when in ordinary operation. In effect, the software made everything operate normally when you looked at it, just like any good malware.

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  1. Re: Don't take yours in. by amiga3D · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've done it so often that now every time it rains I get a hard-on!

  2. Re: Don't take yours in. by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've done it so often that now every time it rains I get a hard-on!

    That's weird. Every time I get a hard-on, it rains. Some people have a trick knee.

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  3. Re:Don't take yours in. by lgw · · Score: 4, Funny

    enough horsepower

    I don't understand those words in that order. There cannot be "enough horsepower", there can only be "more horsepower".

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  4. Re:Don't take yours in. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    CO2 is plant food, therefor it's harmless. Nightshade berries are bird food, therefor they are harmless. Why don't you eat some nightshade berries and let us know how that logic of yours works out.

  5. Re:Don't take yours in. by lgw · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you had more horsepower, you might be able to catch up with and discover what's making that "whooshing" sound you hear overhead.

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  6. Re:Don't take yours in. by ChrisMaple · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you cannot break traction by pressing on the accelerator, you don't have enough horsepower. If you can beak traction by pressing on the accelerator, you don't have enough traction.

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