"curl probably runs in many more than a hundred million cars by now" #fossnorth

@bagder And I'd hope it's libcurl running, but in practice it's probably standalone being called from a script written in BusyBox almquist (s)hell.

@CarbonCarrot it's almost always libcurl when used in embedded cases like cars

@highvoltage @bagder Curlinator 2 when?

@bagder xkcd open source project maintained by someone in nebraska dot gif, only for automotive industry. ;)

@bagder hopefully not Teslas...

JUST KIDDING, PLEASE DON'T TAKE CURL AWAY FROM US 🥲

@bagder « curl, this hidden tool in every car, could exfiltrate your data to the internet 😧 » headline incoming ?

@poliorcetics @bagder It'l literally designed for uploading data — Why are car manufacturers still shipping something this dangerous?

@CarbonCarrot @poliorcetics they use an existing trusted component instead of writing their own for several reasons. Partly because it is LESS dangerous than alternatives.

@bagder @poliorcetics Sorry, forgot to mark it as a /joke. It

@highvoltage @bagder And also becomes sentient, ofc. Though it might as well be, considering sites will spew random data at you, as long as it works in Chromium.

@bagder That's the least frightening component in cars.

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