Tech bros love to boast about moving fast and breaking things, so it comes as some relief to find an instance where they've moved at a more stately 17 knots and yet still utterly fucked it.

In this case the "it" being carpool vehicles. Programmed to treat movement without the engine being switched on as either theft or witchcraft, they instantly bricked themselves in response.

What happened when these vehicles travelled by ferry was perhaps predictable...

#FailureFriday

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@DreadShips You never brick the device automatically.

NEVER.

This seems a simple rule of thumb.

@chemoelectric @DreadShips

Right. I can imagine other situations where this might trigger by accident. Putting in self destructive functionality is just a bad idea in general because it's not like you get anything for it and all it does is annoy the customer.

@rastilin @DreadShips You don't know what the situation actually is when you are having it happen.