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there is if he is told the downgrade is for a critical safety bug that needs to be rolled back. Then he has shown criminal negligence for not allowing his car t

• maratd 11y ago
  That's not what the OP said. He didn't say anything about downgrades. All he said was rooting and presumably, messing with the system. Neither qualifies as criminal negligence in my mind. I'm not sure I want to live in a society where gaining access to hardware I own gets me thrown in jail? I would also like to emphasize that this has never happened and is totally hypothetical.
  • 21 11y ago
    Gaining access to safety critical hardware is a questionable right. What if you are the owner of a building and you decide you want to "optimize" the fire detection/fighting system because you have some ideas in this area, or maybe you want to run an "open" software on it, with better reporting, and as a result some people die in a fire. Yes, is totally hypothetical, but you seem to be saying that one is not responsible if he does that, because he was just "hacking", with no mens rea.
    • Dylan16807 11y ago
      >Gaining access to safety critical hardware is a questionable right. It happens every time I put more air in my tires.
      • colejohnson66 11y ago
        (Serious question) But there's no law requiring tires to be able to be inflated by the consumer, is there?