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But can you count on their tractor DRM servers not being DoS'ed, or hacked and taken down for an extended period?
by Johnny555 7y ago
But can you count on their tractor DRM servers not being DoS'ed, or hacked and taken down for an extended period?
- bunderbunder 7y agoHmm. That would imply that it's not just a fairness problem or a copyright politics problem, but a national security problem.
- c0vfefe 7y agoThe downside to computerizing & networking everything is the multitude of vulnerabilities you open.
- asdff 7y agoIf left on the open internet and not an intranet.
- c0vfefe 7y agoAll networks have vulnerabilities, regardless if they're connected to the internet.
- bunderbunder 7y agoThere's that angle, yeah, but it's the creation of a single point of failure that I was thinking about. And not even in all that tech-centric a way. My hometown used to make a sizable chunk of the US's fasteners, and there was real concern during the Cold War that dropping a single bomb on it could cripple the entire nation's industrial capacity. Here, it seems like there may be an unacceptable strategic risk that a bomb dropped on Moline, Illinois could cripple the entire nation's food production capacity.
- coliveira 7y agoBut then it will not be a problem of business greed and stupidity... it will become a "national security threat", which will require more taxpayer money to solve, and of course may lead us closer to a war with whatever countries remain to be invaded by this immoral government. And "poor" JD will be just a victim of this vile threat "against us all".
- asdff 7y agoWhat if the server rack is in the farmers house and not connected to the internet? Deere could just send a regional technician as needed to patch or troubleshoot. They probably already send regional salesmen to farmers regularly, what's another seat in the car?
- justryry 7y agoI haven't seen anything indicating that the operation or repair process requires some sort of online authorization.