Nemeski@piefed.social to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 29 days agoYour Car Is Sharing Data With Big Tech Companies, Study Findswww.consumerreports.orgexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkYour Car Is Sharing Data With Big Tech Companies, Study Findswww.consumerreports.orgNemeski@piefed.social to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square59linkfedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squaremoldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoRight to repair prevents these sorts of law suits But that’s only for companies selling the hacking as a paid service. There is zero standing to sue a guy hacking his own car and providing the info for free on the Internet (or, eg, at defcon). Only thing they can do is void your warranty
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·26 days agoThey will claim decryption of proprietary code or something that violates Digital Rights Controls
minus-squaremoldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoPeople do that all the time. It’s not illegal to reverse engineer something you own (at least in the US). It might be illegal to sell something from what you’ve reverse engineered
Right to repair prevents these sorts of law suits
But that’s only for companies selling the hacking as a paid service. There is zero standing to sue a guy hacking his own car and providing the info for free on the Internet (or, eg, at defcon).
Only thing they can do is void your warranty
They will claim decryption of proprietary code or something that violates Digital Rights Controls
People do that all the time. It’s not illegal to reverse engineer something you own (at least in the US).
It might be illegal to sell something from what you’ve reverse engineered