[shiggerino]

>I'm sure the "Attacking ECUs and other embedded systems" is giving some safety engineers white hairs.

If the systems were properly documented for the owners I seriously doubt there would be a problem. Give people a USB stick with docs, sources and signing keys and those who can make sense of them are probably smart enough to hack responsibly.

[AceJohnny2]

> those who can make sense of them are probably smart enough to hack responsibly

Ahahahaaa!

It only takes one jerk to ruin it for everyone.

[kw71]

No way. The carmaker cannot guarantee emissions, safety or its operation if tampering is permitted. I think they should stop at voiding the warranty, though, and not move on to making threats or legal actions.

[jandrese]

If someone can make a Tesla Roadster fail emissions with a software patch I will be impressed.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

Brake non-driving wheels and apply power to at least one drive wheel. Result: lots of smoke!

[freehunter]

Many programmers want to be responsible. They still end up writing bugs and making mistakes.

[fnordfnordfnord]

Just ask Toyota, right? If you can't do as good a job as that, then you should be prevented from trying, eh?