John Deere 'Kill Switch' renders stolen tractors useless (2022)

Re:John Deere 'Kill Switch' renders stolen tractors useless ... by anilakar on Friday April 21, 2023 @02:50AM (#35650521)

So are CNC machines. Are you aware that if you move a modern one, it's gonna be bricked?

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Re:John Deere 'Kill Switch' renders stolen tractors useless ... by NinjaKitten on Friday April 21, 2023 @03:27AM (#35650742)

Yes and we don't like it.

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Re:John Deere 'Kill Switch' renders stolen tractors useless ... by BiteCode_dev on Friday April 21, 2023 @06:02AM (#35651696)

And it's a very bad no good awful thing.

Stallman is extreme, but he got that part right. DRM and other bricking mechanism are not our friends.

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Re:John Deere 'Kill Switch' renders stolen tractors useless ... by notjulianjaynes on Friday April 21, 2023 @12:36PM (#35656301)

I did not know this. Is it for theft prevention, or more like a deterrent to e.g. would-be clandestine arms manufacturers. I'm aware CNC machines can be quite pricey, but they otherwise seem like an impractical target for theives. At least a tractor has wheels.

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