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Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn't control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

And then they'll get sued, when that leads to cars getting hacked. I don't know if that's gonna work out in the long run. Car companies are likely to band together to prevent this or make lawful exceptions for themselves in the space.