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Dutch Defence Secretary Boldly Claims F-35 Software Could Be 'Jailbroken' (theaviationist.com)

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However, Tuinman then went on to say that if the worst case scenario does come to fruition he believes that, through unknown means, the F-35’s software could be altered without permission by third party operators. He compared this directly to ‘jailbreaking’ an iPhone, a process which allows end users to access features on iOS devices that are not usually allowed by Apple’s own software at the cost of theoretically voiding the device’s warranty and opening up the risk of security vulnerabilities or software malfunctions.

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[–] 1dalm@lemmings.world 21 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Any computer can be jailbroken if you have complete access to it.

The question is more, "do you really want to fly a hacked jet"?

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 4 points 5 hours ago

The question is more, "do you really want to fly a hacked jet"?

No the question is... Is the modified code more secure than the proprietary code created under a virtually unlimited budget by companies that have zero reason to do anything more than the minimum contract requirement which almost certainly doesn't specify software security requirements.

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Fuck yeah I want to download a ~~car~~ jet

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 8 hours ago

Well, I quit android a while ago. I had loaded a different rom onto it to make the experience tolerable (and it’s one of the things acolytes pitch! So much freedom!) but it would kernel panic in the night occasionally and I would miss my alarm in the morning. Then I gave up.

So I would worry about flying in a jet that was uh…. Jailbroken.