John Deer's Information Security Is a Threat to the World's Food Supply

Car companies sell kill switches and vinlocks as security measures to protect you, not empty your wallet. The company that made a jeep that was so insecure that hackers could remotely seize control of the steering ignition and brakes tells us that we can't let third parties modify our cars lest they render them secure. John deer's decision to build agtec that can be remotely controlled, disabled and upda means that anyone who compromises its system puts the whole world's food supply at risk. As far as deer knows, its security is literally perfect. And metronic, like deer, insists nothing is wrong.