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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by acdha on Sunday March 09, 2025 @10:40AM (#43309388)
I think there’s an interesting question about how important updates are: say they unbrick it, how often do you have before there’s some change you’d actually want to have but it’s no longer easily available? This feels like the much higher-stakes version of people trying to jailbreak phones without losing security updates.
Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by mrweasel on Sunday March 09, 2025 @10:51AM (#43309496)
It would very much so be a stopgap. Long term it's a security risk, but it's also a risk to not be able to fly your plane tomorrow.
Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by acdha on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:27AM (#43309891)
Yeah, no good options in this scenario. I would be very worried that there’s a kill switch you haven’t uncovered.