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If only it were so simple. You're assuming discrete components. And you're assuming consumer sanity. "Every protocol the car uses is proprietary and protected
by TheLoneWolfling 12y ago
If only it were so simple. You're assuming discrete components. And you're assuming consumer sanity.
"Every protocol the car uses is proprietary and protected under DCMA / etc. There are chips in every component that don't allow the car to start if any component isn't a first-party part."
We're already seeing this sort of thing. Look at the Tesla. Or the Lightning connector from Apple.
- semi-extrinsic 12y agoCars have been like this for years. This forum post [1] from 2004 discusses VIN specific coding, so that phenomenon is at least ten years old. [1]http://forum.roadfly.com/archive/index.php/t-8237302.html?s=2cf4baa4e0680a41c3e3081ddf49533d http://forum.roadfly.com/archive/index.php/t-8237302.html?s=...