What's infuriating is, think about how much of that software was probably worthless bloat for features no one needs. As many as 89 people may have died so Toyota could claim Bluetooth and MP3s in their latest models.
You don't have to stay infuriated anymore.
The computers for in-car-entertainment is different and decoupled from the one for engine and throttle management.
As for the bloat, my observation (which could be wrong) is that Toyota seems to have comparatively less bloat.
Somewhat unrelated to this particular case, but terrifyingly, the network isn't and CAN is one of the least secure BUS's imaginable.
Can you elaborate on this?
We choose to ignore it because it's rarely exploited, but by that logic, we should just ignore all zero-days.
Learning the lessons from the aviation industry all over again.
The CAN bus is what rules in cars, and infotainment systems are generally isolated and off of it. In some cases infotainment can read the CAN bus for things like pulling speed to display on GPS, but generally cannot place items on the bus