Court‑Mandated Cars Can Be Cloud‑Locked

Some court‑ordered monitoring devices (like in‑car breathalyzers) require vendor server connections for calibration or operation. If the vendor is hacked or its systems go down, people can be physically prevented from using their cars, turning compliance tech into a single point of failure. — This highlights a policy tradeoff between remote management of compliance devices and public safety, civil liberties, and resilience that regulators and courts need to address now.