> If it’s the case, each clown garage shop would be able to modify key characteristics of any car. And oh boy they will do it. Car workshops would modify and c

> If it’s the case, each clown garage shop would be able to modify key characteristics of any car. And oh boy they will do it. Car workshops would modify and compile their own distribution of the car source code? I can't say I have ever been to a workshop where I would imagine anything like that. Open source here would clearly be a big win for security and bug identifications in cars. Better quality laws to go along with it to protect researchers would naturally be a big positive as well. For a comparison look to Android. AOSP is open source, and whilst alternative, non-OEM, flavours of Android do exist (GrapheneOS, LineageOS, etc). But you don't see shops that fix or sell phones putting any of these on the phone. And if you did, would it be a security downgrade? I don't think so! > Would you fly on aircraft knowing mechanic servicing it last night could have added something funny to the plane you are taking? But... they could have done. Maybe not the software, but mechanically, of course it's possible. Why doesn't it happen though? I guess the same reasons why in general people act responsibly in society.