‘It has officially happened’: Mechanic says he can’t work on your car because they’ve officially been locked out of computer systems ( www.dailydot.com )
'The car companies want to put small guy out of business.'
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them ( www.404media.co )
The situation is a heavy machinery example of something that happens across most categories of electronics, from phones, laptops, health devices, and wearables to tractors and, apparently, trains. In this case, NEWAG, the manufacturer of the Impuls family of trains, put code in the train’s control systems that prevented them...
Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repair ( www.404media.co )
A group representing L. Ron Hubbard asked the Copyright Office to alter a repair exemption that makes it legal to hack Scientology's E-Meter—and lots of other electronics, too.
Kobo partners with iFixit to make new e-readers more repairable ( goodereader.com )
The partnership between Kobo and iFixit means the iFixit will provide official repair kits to fix the most common components like batteries, for newly produced readers (Libra Colour, Clara Colour and Clara BW,)...
Oregon Passes Right To Repair Law Apple Lobbied To Kill ( www.techdirt.com )
Oregon has officially become the seventh state (behind New York, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Maine, and Minnesota) to pass “right to repair” legislation, making it easier and m…
Oregon is about to sign — or veto — the strongest right-to-repair law yet ( www.theverge.com )
So long, parts pairing?
iFixit ends self-repair collaboration with Samsung, because Samsung was not committed to it ( liliputing.com )
As revealed by iFixit, Samsung collaboration never worked well, with parts that were too expensive, and/or glued together (like a battery+screen replacement!)...
Tesla 'fully open source' original Roadster design and engineering, releases R&D docs ( electrek.co )
Tesla released the service manuals for their original Roadster yesterday, pretty rare to come across any kind of service manual nowadays. Great for R2R!...
The FTC is investigating PC manufacturers who scare you away from your right to repair ( www.theverge.com )
Apple claims it will honor California's 'right to repair' rules nationwide ( www.engadget.com )
Let's hope they actually mean it. It could be cheaper than having different skews, but it's good news nevertheless.
Own your stuff. iFixit Requests FTC Rulemaking on Right to Repair. Public RFC Deadline is February 2nd. ( www.eff.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11175984...
Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers ( social.hackerspace.pl )
Polish article...
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Nether current nor planned EU laws protect from NEWAG-style antirepair practices applied to trains, trams, buses and other buisness equipment ( digitalcourage.social )
Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts and Disassemble their Devices ( www.404media.co )
A leaked "independent" repair shop contract shows that Samsung requires them to give Samsung the name, contact information, phone identifier, and customer complaint details of everyone who gets their phone repaired at these shops,...
[Louis Rossmann] Google supports right to repair? Think again. ( odysee.com )
tl:dw from helenslunch@feddit.nl...
Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains [video] – 37c3 presentation ( streaming.media.ccc.de )
They had a talk space yesterday night at Chaos Communication Congress. These three guys are modern heroes....
‘Smoking Gun’ Email That Killed Repairing McDonald's Ice Cream Machines ( www.wired.com )
Tldr from lawrence@lemmy.world...
Motion to Dismiss Rejected in Lawsuit Against John Deere ( www.techdirt.com )
In a forceful, 89-page memorandum, U.S. District Court Judge Iain Johnson wrote that the founder of John Deere “was an innovative farmer and blacksmith who—with his own hands—fundamentally changed the agricultural industry.” Deere the man “would be deeply disappointed in his namesake corporation” if the plaintiffs...
Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine ( www.404media.co )
Full text of the ballot initiative: https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2/21/Right_to_Repair_Leg_FINAL.pdf
We beat Apple at their own game - let the unauthorized calibrations BEGIN! ( yewtu.be )
McDonald's Ice Cream Machines, Break Often, Intentionally A Pain to Diagnose, and Impossible to Fix ( www.ifixit.com )
iFixit tears down a Taylor ice cream machine and finds that it overheats often, takes hours to restart, and these issues are impossible to fix because of locked down software and terrible error messages. No wonder, since Taylor makes 25% of its money charging $315 per 15 minutes for their exclusive repairs....
EU Just Changed Smartphones Forever ( iv.melmac.space )
Replaceable batteries may came back.
I Fix It has really great repair guides ( www.ifixit.com )
Fix tons of things from macbooks to trucks to cameras. I think they have something like a hundred thousand guides....
