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US Government Tells Companies to Ignore Right to Repair Law People Voted For

by neverminder on 6/15/23, 12:22 AM with 10 comments

• by porknubbins on 6/15/23, 3:02 AM

  I thought all cars still had OBD II ports? It always seemed to be a huge victory for me that they had to put those in with a standardized protocol and codes. Of course almost as soon as that happened OEMs started making more proprietary tools with more info available but just using OBD II you can fix a lot on your car.

• by CrimsonCape on 6/15/23, 7:26 PM

  The logic in this letter is such a stretch. How can you attempt to nullify a law with an opinion?

  "We think this law could create an unsafe condition (this isn't proven or substantiated with statistics in any way), because hackers could hack your car's computer and cause it to crash (there's .000001 percent chance of this happening, moreover no statistics provided to prove this is a valid concern) therefore it violates the Safety Act which says you can't sell a car with a defect, and this therefore is a defect (how? where's the logic that open connectivity is a defect?)

• by say_it_as_it_is on 6/15/23, 9:50 AM

  Sweet Summer Child, you thought that just because it's a law that companies will now comply? The judicial system isn't set up for you.

• by rektide on 6/15/23, 1:13 AM

  Federal anti-governance eh? I mean, as a cyberspacian I kind of dig that someone/anyonr is creating bounds on ad-hoc legislating, on control. This just seems like the most fallen sad anti-person hill for the feds to go die on.

• by cratermoon on 6/15/23, 12:31 AM

  Better headline: The NHTSA has let automobile makers know that safety and security mechanisms must not be compromised.