stopcrazypp
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- Dec 8, 2007
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I ask simply because you made a similar claim about odometers which turns out completely wrong (it does violate a law to tamper with one even if you don't sell your vehicle).it's been looked at extensively in this very thread. However if you are so certain that it breaks a law despite all the evidence so far. POST THE LAW YOU THINK IT VIOLATES!!!!!!!
This is how laws work, nothing is just "illegal" without a law. If you think something is illegal, it must violate a law, find that law and I'll either explain why it doesn't apply, or admit that you are right.
Proof? I've seen no evidence that anyone has been sent a C&D and then stopped hacking. I have seen one person who entered an agreement with Tesla that prohibits him from telling other people how to modify their vehicles in exchange for some unspecified compensation, but he is very obviously still modifying his own vehicle, and has been known to actually do so to other people's vehicles as well. Additionally Tesla has posted open invitations asking people to hack their vehicles.
And on the subject, someone else posted a law that this potentially violates:
If there is a method of securing the software against tampering and you circumvent it in any way (even if the security is flimsy or stupid), you are violating the DMCA. While some believe a modification in the past 5 years allows automotive hacking, it explicitly exempts the kind of activity that could potentially affect the safety of a vehicle. Thus changing the avatar of your car to yellow or green or another Bond vehicle is allowed. Anything further than that invites a criminal trial where your freedom is put in jeopardy.