Movies often explore how fictional technology might be used and especially how we might manage to muck it up. While often only used to further the plot, technology shown in films can help us learn real-world lessons about developing for the Internet of Things. Let’s explore some of IoT examples in cinema and see if we can’t shake out fact from fiction.
In the Fate of the Furious, one of the major plot points involves elite hacker Cipher hacking into thousands of vehicles in real-time and causing them to drive themselves in a vehicular flood down the streets of NYC to block a politician’s motorcade.
The fact is, vehicles have been hacked in real life. As many as 1.4 million Fiat Chrysler group vehicles have been recalled for a single vulnerability, which allowed hackers to remotely control windshield wipers, navigation systems, and even brakes and steering (but only while the vehicle was in reverse).