Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams

Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams by heavyset_go on Sunday June 06, 2021 @04:27PM (#27416014)

Weird, I can flash whatever code I want to on my car's ECU. There's even an entire subculture dedicated to modding ECU firmware.

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Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams by tekknik on Monday June 07, 2021 @09:46AM (#27422540)

You absolutely cannot, unless you have an open ECU to begin with. Typically this is only sporty type cheap cars (evo, wrx). But even if you were to take on such and endeavor the difficulty of such a task and the knowledge requirement will scare off the unexperienced

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Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams by CharlesW on Sunday June 06, 2021 @06:12PM (#27416842)

Flashing your car's ECU is illegal. Or more specifically, federal and state laws make it illegal to operate an automobile on the open road or highway after you've altered a vehicle's emission control devices (which includes the ECU).

In contrast, it's legal to jailbreak an iPhone.

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