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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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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The problem is not a hypothetical kill switch (which is unlikely in a fighter aircraft, as there’s no reliable way of having a back door only the good guys can use, and any possibility of enemy hackers pwning your jets is a nightmare scenario). It’s the F35 being designed as the tip of a very long spear, with most of it being in the US. There’s a lot of support infrastructure one requires, and mitigating dependencies on the US would involve replacing that, at considerable expense.

It’s not impossible, though it’s debatable whether it makes more sense than developing your own fighter instead.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The problem is not a hypothetical kill switch (which is unlikely in a fighter aircraft, as there’s no reliable way of having a back door only the good guys can use, and any possibility of enemy hackers pwning your jets is a nightmare scenario).

Wait, do you think they would not do that simply because it is a bad idea?

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Imagine the stock price once one her is confirmed hacked/kill switched. Every global sky using the platform stops using it and the maintenance contracts and buy orders are cancelled.

Any defence company would refuse to build something that, if actually used, destroys the company.

It didn't stop then releasing a software update at any time that could do the same though, so.. still a sort of valid fear, if international relations were already crumbling and the order book was empty etc