Honestly, I don't think that has anything to do with "right to repair."
Whether the right to repair exists or not, people can still install
hacked software. The right to repair gives the owner a chance to do
certain, legal kinds of repairs without voiding the warranty.
Peri
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Peter VanDerWal via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Peter VanDerWal" <[email protected]>
Sent: 26-Jul-21 16:31:13
Subject: Re: [EVDL] FTC vote on “Right to Repair” enforcement
I'm of two minds about this. While I applaud the fact that I can now fix my EV
(if I choose too), I also agree with John Deere's point.
Many(all?) of JD's bigger tractors have complex computer systems with many
options that are disabled in software unless you pay for the license to enable
them, including fully autonomous mode with remote control.
JD was having issues with farmers buying cheap bootleg software from former
sovient block countries to enable all of those features. Aside from the fact
that this robs JD of sales, the farmers have no idea what kind of quality
control (if any) the bootleg software goes through, and worse yet any possible
'extra' features those hackers have added.
The idea that large, dangerous, machines could end up under control of Russian
hackers is pretty scary considering recent events. They ould litterally wake
them up in the middle of the night and send them on a rampage if they wanted to.
Anyway, to prevent this JD's newer tractors will only accept software that has
been digitally signed by John Deere. This pretty much prevents farmers from
doing any DIY software fixes, hacks, etc.
Can you imagine what could happen if hackers got ahold of Tesla's source code?
Suddenly all of the Tesla's switch from self driving mode to self crashing mode.
My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key
July 22, 2021 8:31 AM, "Mark Abramowitz via EV" <[email protected]> wrote:
https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-votes-to-enforce-right-to-repair
- Mark
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