We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership

Re:We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership by Kluny on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:01PM (#9415404)

Maybe tractor hacking will become a thing, too. I know lots of guys who circumvent the computers in their cars with pirated software, to make them racier. Might be a career in it for some of them.

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Re:We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership by redblacktree on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:30PM (#9415618)

I've recently become interested in this, since I bought a 2015 vehicle with a computer in the console. Do you have any advice/resources for a budding car hacker?

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Re:We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership by Kluny on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @05:10PM (#9417130)

I don't have much personal experience other than watching my friends laptopping from underneath a car. www.dorikaze.com is a forum for drift racing that a lot of my friends frequent, and there's bound to be at least a couple knowledgeable people in there. Be warned though, there's a lot of grade-school antics, meming, and sexism, and the smart guys are used to curtly fending off stupid questions. So do a lot of reading before you start typing.

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Re:We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership by dublinben on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:36PM (#9415657)

The best way to start is to not buy a vehicle with a hundred proprietary computers in it.

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Re:We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership by a3n on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @02:06PM (#9415835)

How do you search for and verify one of those vehicles without a computer?

Also, I haven't bought a new car in many years. Is there something like a EULA buried in the small print? And I don't imagine buyers on the secondary market sign anything. Or will it become illegal to sell used cars because the software license doesn't allow for transfer?

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Re:We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership by pluma on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @02:44PM (#9416088)

In the US? Possibly.

In the EU? Only if TTIP gets signed.

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Re:We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership by bucky on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @02:47PM (#9416111)

I'd search for forums for your make and model of car. Those are usually good starting places for getting information.

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Re:We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership by galago on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:17PM (#9415520)

Recreational farmers probably do/will. However, its more problematic for farms functioning as a business.

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