You Can Still Modify Your Truck
Earlier this year GM and a few other automakers lobbied against a proposed exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The exemption would allow for the diagnosis, repair, and modification of v...
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mtofell1 wrote:
Interesting info but the thing that catches my eye right away is the "fear of prosecution". I don't think many people are afraid of getting hauled off to jail for running chips. It's the denying of warranty coverage.
I'm pretty sure the feds wouldn't kick down your door because you changed your transmission shift points lol. I was thinking more about the people who actually find the code needed to alter those shift points. The threat of legal proceedings was a very real possibility for those. An automaker could easily shutdown a lot of the grassroots efforts and local shops out there.
