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Cars Are Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates? (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by jeffw to c/technology

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[–] Zak 54 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Locked bootloaders should be illegal. Manufacturers should have to provide enough specs that third parties can write code that runs on the hardware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Manufacturers should have to provide enough specs that third parties can write code that runs on the hardware.

"But Crowdstrike" would probably be an argument against.

[–] Zak 3 points 2 months ago

"Security" as an excuse for self-serving bullshit isn't new.

Sure, there's a risk of breaking things. I can do that with a hacksaw and a soldering iron too, and it's widely recognized that it isn't up to the manufacturer of the thing to keep me from breaking it. We need the same understanding for devices that depend on software.