[vv_]

Because there are regulations for the infotainment system as well. For example, you can't watch videos or read SMS/messages. Not to mention that the infotainment system likely has access to the CAN bus, through which you _could_ impact other safety systems.

[frollogaston]

Doesn't the OBD2 port give me the same CAN access? I just bought one of those generic adapters and was going to mess around with it.

[vv_]

The OBD2 port is behind a gateway so it is not the same.