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On the other hand, suppose a group of car makers all coincidentally decided to impose this - purely for safety concerns. And while they couldn't ban after mark
by excuse-me 14y ago
On the other hand, suppose a group of car makers all coincidentally decided to impose this - purely for safety concerns.
And while they couldn't ban after market parts, they could make the engine not start if the new brakes/mufflers/cat didn't give the correct crypto response to the engine management system.
And just imagine that congress would bow down to the car makers (that it had just bailed out) and rule that you couldn't modify the engine computer - in the interests of safety of course.
- rdl 14y agoI think the Nissan GT-R had some components like this, actually.
- tikhonj 14y agoDid it? All I heard was that it had certain components hand-built and customized to each other (like the engine and the transmission). However, this is an entirely mechanical issue: since it wasn't really mass-produced, each motor and gearbox is different, so replacing them is going to be nontrivial. Of course, I'm not an expert, and could certainly be missing information on other components of the GT-R. Either way, it's useful to keep in mind that the GT-R is a really crazy car :P.
- rdl 14y agoI know they were trying to prevent it from being "chipped", and putting cryptographic interlocks in major components is the best way to keep the ECU from being completely replaced.