"spanfucker retire bitch" (lelykon)
10/27/2015 at 12:40 • Filed to: None
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"spanfucker retire bitch" (lelykon)
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Every three years, the Librarian of Congress issues new rules on Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemptions. Acting Librarian David Mao, in an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (PDF) released Thursday, authorized the public to tinker with software in vehicles for “good faith security research” and for “lawful modification.”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
“I am glad they granted these exemptions,” Sherwin Siy, said vice president for legal affairs for Public Knowledge in Washington, DC. “I am not glad it was necessary for them to do so in the first place.”
HammerheadFistpunch
> spanfucker retire bitch
10/27/2015 at 12:43 |
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Ash78, voting early and often
> spanfucker retire bitch
10/27/2015 at 12:44 |
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In other news, VAG CEO Matthias Mueller announces VW’s diesel scandal was legally done for purposes of Good Faith Security Research and the resultant NOx emissions were purely an unfortunate consequence.
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spanfucker retire bitch
> Ash78, voting early and often
10/27/2015 at 12:46 |
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was legally done
See, that’s where the joke stops making sense.
Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> spanfucker retire bitch
10/27/2015 at 13:51 |
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So, the VW fix can be turned on and off by the owner. Nice....If you happen to own a VW.
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spanfucker retire bitch
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/27/2015 at 14:09 |
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FYI, it specifically says legal. If you “turn off” the software fix and have it spewing out NOx again, that’s explicitly not legal.
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Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> spanfucker retire bitch
10/27/2015 at 14:11 |
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Yeah......so it will be like those guys that take off their catalytic converters right after their yearly inspections. .... You know that’s oing to happen.
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spanfucker retire bitch
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/27/2015 at 14:13 |
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I know it’ll probably happen (assuming the VW fix is just software, which we still don’t know if it is just that or not) but it’s still - ostensibly speaking - illegal, and not at all covered by this DMCA exemption.
Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
> spanfucker retire bitch
10/27/2015 at 15:26 |
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Still bad. This means it’s still illegal for people to look for vulnerabilities like the Chrysler remote access one
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spanfucker retire bitch
> Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
10/27/2015 at 16:11 |
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No it doesn’t. Especially that one. They were completely responsible in the way they reported the vulnerability to FIAT-Chrysler.
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Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
> spanfucker retire bitch
10/27/2015 at 16:33 |
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The exemption only applies to ECUs. Infotainment or network stuff is not covered by the exemption. By accessing the system, the researchers were in violation of that section of DMCA. It’s a dumb law that has been abused a lot.
It’s good that there is an exemption, I’m just saying it should have been broader
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spanfucker retire bitch
> Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
10/27/2015 at 16:53 |
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No, that’s the modification ruling, not the security research. The only reason that is in there for the modification exemption is to cover shit like “playing movies while the car is moving on the infotainment system.” That’s not covered under the lawful modifications. That has nothing to do with the security research.
TheOnelectronic
> spanfucker retire bitch
10/27/2015 at 19:08 |
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So basically any sort of performance modification would be outside the realm of “lawful” modification, because of emissions, right?
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spanfucker retire bitch
> TheOnelectronic
10/27/2015 at 19:31 |
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Depends on the state and what the performance mod does. There are absolutely ECU mods and hardware mods that can be done in such a way as to still meet emissions.