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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That simply isn't the case. The ballot initiative was meant to stop the wireless diagnostics loophole, either requiring wired diagnostics as in the past or a compliant wireless version. I trust my bank to be able to work securely wirelessly, I have friends with wireless insulin pumps that manage to not get hacked and killed, the car already has these wireless diagnostics protocols built in, they're just not an open standard, and there are a million and one ways to implement a standardized open protocol securely. The NHTSA is simply giving in to corporate lobbying here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the ballot initiative was meant to do and what the legal wording of the initiative are are two different things, though.

there are a million and one ways to implement a standardized open protocol securely.

Right, but that work hasn't been done yet, and moving ahead before that exists is a big risk.

[–] twelve 2 points 1 year ago

This kind of laws create incentive to build. No for profit company invests money for losing control on their product in the repair chain