Automakers, consumer groups spar at FCC over car communications cybersecurity

The automotive industry is invoking both substantive and procedural arguments to challenge a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to halt deployment of new automobile technologies until cybersecurity and privacy plans are in place, while consumer advocates are warning that the “emergency stay” must be approved because commercial use of such technologies and communications puts drivers at risk.

The FCC on Wednesday closed a public comment period on a petition by Public Knowledge and New America's Open Technology Institute...