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The FCC is very familiar with inconspicuously modified commercial devices - hams have been doing it since before "firmware" was even a word. The fact that it's
by franga2000 5y ago
The FCC is very familiar with inconspicuously modified commercial devices - hams have been doing it since before "firmware" was even a word. The fact that it's replacing some code on a chip instead of a shunt resistor on a PCB really doesn't make a difference.
And if this really was really the main issue, it seems pretty easy to just sign the firmware - I'm pretty sure many vendors do it already.
- p_l 5y agoVendors also want to comply with slightly different rules all over the world, and ultimately the easiest way becomes to sign and verify. The code being secret is more of "trade secrets" than anything legal.