I disagree. Most obnoxious things you can do right now require some sort of physical presence and traceability. You can cause dangerous situations/accidents by blinding people with lasers. You can throw bricks or other obstructions on the highway, and so on.
The problem is that both of these acts immediately pinpoint you (or at least your general location) as the culprit, so it's pretty risky, not just from a law enforcement point of view but also from a "brick in the face" point of view where you might get a taste of your own medicine by the angry driver whose windshield got destroyed by your mischief.
A technology-based attack on the other hand is invisible. By the time someone even uncovers that this was an attack rather than a generic malfunction you're long gone or may not even have been physically there to begin with.
Filligree|1 year ago
In practice, people just don’t do that.
Nextgrid|1 year ago
The problem is that both of these acts immediately pinpoint you (or at least your general location) as the culprit, so it's pretty risky, not just from a law enforcement point of view but also from a "brick in the face" point of view where you might get a taste of your own medicine by the angry driver whose windshield got destroyed by your mischief.
A technology-based attack on the other hand is invisible. By the time someone even uncovers that this was an attack rather than a generic malfunction you're long gone or may not even have been physically there to begin with.