Hacking features is one thing, but denying access to the ability to repair is another. If the "baby has to be thrown out with the bathwater" so we can repair things, then so be it. Manufacturers will find a way to monetize the features some other way.
Allowing access to diagnostics and the ability to install replacement parts has nothing to do with firmware security. You can most definitely have both. This is coming from a guy who has rooted over 3000 Teslas in order for the owners to be able to repair them. I'd say I'm qualified. On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 2:28 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210722/209b6609/attachment.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to [email protected] > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210728/e49c4302/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
