Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine

Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by kube-system on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:03PM (#38198518)

CarPlay integration is a feature bundled into the infotainment in many cars that requires an "external network connection". It will not work if you disable the "external network connection".

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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by TeMPOraL on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:08PM (#38198565)

Why on Earth would it need that? It's supposed to enable integrating your car and your phone. Surely that should mean local network connection.

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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by kube-system on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:17PM (#38198650)

Wifi is a network external to the vehicle. An internal network would be something like CAN.

Whatever the case, my point is that a good solution is probably not quite as simple as phrased above.

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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by TeMPOraL on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:35PM (#38198816)

A WiFi router built into the car is something I'd classify as internal networking for the purpose of this thread.

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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by 1_1xdev1 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:42PM (#38199373)

Isn't CarPlay only over USB?

And either way -- just keep supporting connection over USB and it's not a problem?

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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by kube-system on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:06PM (#38199579)

CarPlay supports connection over WiFi, and I think if a law prohibited it, it would be problematic.

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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by gruez on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:54PM (#38200009)

> Isn't CarPlay only over USB?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205634

>If your car supports only wireless CarPlay ...

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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by numpad0 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:27PM (#38199747)

I'd argue in-car LAN is an internal network connection. And garage door control etc. are "local area" networks.

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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by kube-system on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @09:08PM (#38200142)

Fair. I'm saying that if these features are 'arguably' legal under a proposed law, that law needs to be refined.

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Re:Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine by deadmutex on Thursday November 09, 2023 @03:27AM (#38202460)

> And garage door control etc. are "local area" networks

What if I want to control (e.g. close) the garage door when I am out of Wifi range?

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