I think is easy to contradict your hypothesis, All the code and tools are not secret, local shops have them so you don't need some extremely clever spy to get t

I think is easy to contradict your hypothesis, All the code and tools are not secret, local shops have them so you don't need some extremely clever spy to get their hands on them. I seen a similar argument about Apple repair manuals , there is even more stupid since Apple sends in China the full blueprints to build the iPhones so there is no fucking way that making the repair tools and manuals public gives China,Russia or N Koreea something they can't already get. DRM would only make sense if you rent the product so the owner would not want to let a random dude to change stuff, but if you are the owner then you should be able to read the error codes and have a competent person replace a part. TL:DR the repair tools and manuals do not contain trade secrets, the argument is flawed.