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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by JKCalhoun on Monday October 12, 2020 @01:22PM (#24756828)
The way I understand it: "smart" everything is getting too clever for its own good.

In your example, why not have a push-button override to allow the car to reset after seat installation?

Soft-everything. I miss my hardware switches.

- signed getting grumpy, getting old man

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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by paulmd on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:05PM (#24758845)
this is really intended as an anti-theft mechanism, screwing with the car will lock it up and require a call to support to unlock it. So a push-button override would defeat the purpose.
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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by smichel17 on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:10PM (#24758901)
- Undersigned same boat, mid twenties
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