Ron Beaufort
Lifetime Supporting Member
I ran across the article linked below in the news today ...
this doesn't involve PLCs - but some of the potenial "issues" involved might be interesting for some of our members to at least "think about" ... especially the part about proposed legislation - and the part about the hackers from Ukraine ...
and now for the "lawyer" piece of the puzzle ...
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/03...g-hacked-software-for-john-deere-repairs.html
personally, I don't have an opinion at all on this subject - but I thought that some of you guys might see a parallel in how the "industrial automation" trade might possibly be affected by something similar in the future ...
party on ...
this doesn't involve PLCs - but some of the potenial "issues" involved might be interesting for some of our members to at least "think about" ... especially the part about proposed legislation - and the part about the hackers from Ukraine ...
"You want to replace a transmission and you take it to an independent mechanic — he can put in the new transmission, but the tractor can't drive out of the shop,” Kevin Kenney, a farmer in Nebraska, told Motherboard. “Deere charges $230, plus $130 an hour, for a technician to drive out and plug a connector into their USB port to authorize the part."
and now for the "lawyer" piece of the puzzle ...
According to Motherboard, Nebraska is one of eight states that are considering right-to-repair legislation that would invalidate John Deere's license agreement,
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/03...g-hacked-software-for-john-deere-repairs.html
personally, I don't have an opinion at all on this subject - but I thought that some of you guys might see a parallel in how the "industrial automation" trade might possibly be affected by something similar in the future ...
party on ...
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