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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.
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Someone correct me if I am wrong, But I'm pretty sure VWAG (Volkswagen Audi Group) software is built on Redhat for both the infotainment and the digital dash cluster, and they are riddled with issues 😬
That is very interesting. Question is, are we allowed to look into it at very least? I imagine not (I can understand change would not be allowed unless there was some audit process to ensure security, but at very least see what's there)
I won't speak for VW, but most of these systems are built on QNX. You need a real-time operating system for a lot of these operations.
the sad, sloppy seconds of Blackberry.
Fucking systemd.