Now it's an arms race between OEMs locking down chips and tuners trying to crack them.
The ongoing tension between manufacturers' control over their products and end-user modification capabilities is reaching a critical inflection point in the automotive sector due to increasingly advanced embedded systems.
This highlights a growing battle for control over technologically complex devices, impacting intellectual property, consumer rights, cybersecurity, and future business models across various industries.
The automotive industry is seeing an accelerated 'arms race' between original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) securing their systems and third-party tuners attempting to bypass those security measures, potentially setting precedents for other smart devices.
- · Sophisticated tuners and aftermarket firms
- · Cybersecurity consultancies for OEMs
- · Less technically adept tuners
- · OEMs with weak chip security
Increased cybersecurity investment and legal disputes surrounding intellectual property and product modification.
Potential for new business models where OEMs license modification access or offer 'performance' as a subscription feature.
Broader implications for 'right to repair' movements and ownership of digital goods across consumer electronics and industrial equipment.
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Read at Ars Technica — Cars