Actually, I disagree. The are big difference between a combustion engine and a computer.
First of all, a combustion engine isn't as exposed as a computer. A combustion engine is self-enclosed. It is very difficult for someone to be able to connect into an engine and tamper with it. Computers on the other hand, routinely interact and accept information from other computers. Imagine what would happen if I could log onto your combustion engine over the internet, and using a special set of commands, cause it to explode, while you're driving. I'm sure that would cause people to take a lot more interest in their combustion engines.
Secondly, computers are far more "functionality-rich" than combustion engines. The purpose of a combustion engine is simple: it provides power to move a vehicle. The normal range of operation can be specified pretty easily. A computer on the other hand, well, does pretty much whatever you want it to do: it can play games, it can surf the net, it can give your credit card details to a legitimate source (like paypal), or it can give it to a fraudster. It is far harder to specify what behaviour a computer should and should not be doing, and that requires knowledge from the user. Of course, the other option is to make the choice -for- the user, restricting functionality, preventing suspicious behaviour etc etc... except people then complain that the computer doesn't do what they want it to do.
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Actually, I disagree. The are big difference between a combustion engine and a computer. First of all, a combustion engine isn't as exposed as a computer. A combustion engine is self-enclosed. It is very difficult for someone to be able to connect into an engine and tamper with it. Computers on the other hand, routinely interact and accept information from other computers. Imagine what would happen if I could log onto your combustion engine over the internet, and using a special set of commands, cause it to explode, while you're driving. I'm sure that would cause people to take a lot more interest in their combustion engines. Secondly, computers are far more "functionality-rich" than combustion engines. The purpose of a combustion engine is simple: it provides power to move a vehicle. The normal range of operation can be specified pretty easily. A computer on the other hand, well, does pretty much whatever you want it to do: it can play games, it can surf the net, it can give your credit card details to a legitimate source (like paypal), or it can give it to a fraudster. It is far harder to specify what behaviour a computer should and should not be doing, and that requires knowledge from the user. Of course, the other option is to make the choice -for- the user, restricting functionality, preventing suspicious behaviour etc etc ... except people then complain that the computer doesn't do what they want it to do.