This Motorcycle Airbag Vest Will Stop Working If You Miss a Payment

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[–]filbs111 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Seems evil. They do offer a one-off payment option, but if that contains a software route to switch off the safety system, not sure I'd trust it. I wouldn't buy a car with a bomb in it, even if they told me the feature to detonate the bomb had been toggled off in the settings menu because I paid extra.

[–]Fusrodamus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep, not just evil, incompetent.

Only an idiot would implement functionality that would allow remote deactivation of a critical safety feature. You get hacked, you have a rogue employee, or one of your programmers makes a mistake, and you're fucked.

When you get called onto the stand to testify why this life-endangering feature exists in the first place, you'd better have a better answer than "To make sure I get paid." At best, you're sued into oblivion. At worst, you go to prison.