Believe it or not, General Motors is sponsoring a law that would make it illegal to work on the computer system of your own car. They are supported by 13 other auto manufacturers. https://www.yahoo.com/autos/s/gm-ford-others-want-working-own-car-illegal-160000229.html
The article is a exaggeration with a misleading title. The carmakers don't care if you work on your car. They do care about people tampering with their proprietary software, giving hackers access, or their foreign competitors pirating it. It already renders your warranty void and it can make a car unsafe or in violation of existing state and federal laws. Tampering with the emission controls is a violation of federal law and the software controls that. There is a balance to be found here. Street vehicles must meet certain safety and environmental standards and there are already many things you cannot tamper with on a street legal vehicle. But vehicles intended for racing or for private off-road courses could be exempted.
Many vehicles can go to the track and be street legal at the same time. Would be very stupid if such law was passed.
Hmmm, Obama bailed out GM, GM is sponsoring this bill, I see what's going on here. This is a socialist bill and it passing paves the way to Sharia law. Oh and god hates fags!!
"What GM, and even tractor companies like John Deere, argues is that you, as an owner, don’t actually own your car. Rather, you’re sort of just borrowing it for an extended amount of time and paying for the rights to use the technology. If it sounds ridiculous— it is. But it gets even more ludicrous." "According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, John Deere argued that “letting people modify car computer systems will result in them pirating music through the on-board entertainment system.” This is a guise to basically capture the automotive repair market. Simple as that.
