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      12-27-2019, 02:18 AM   #773
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There are a lot of smart people out there, I'm sure someone will eventually reverse-engineer the current boot-loader.

It's really just a matter of how long it takes for the right person to penetrate the firewall and rewrite the programming to their own terms.

On the other end, I'm not upset at BMW, as they own the proprietary software and I can't blame them for trying to protect it, in an attempt to minimize the liability of potential warranty of claims.
There's a lot of smart people out there but so many of them are busy breaking into something else for fun or profit and this isn't even on their radar.
That's an excellent point.

It's not exactly an iPhone or PlayStation, so right eyes are not focus on it, unfortunately.

https://www.cultofmac.com/164137/mee...-the-sony-ps3/

I guess we just have wait until someone with the right skill set, in the appropriate field and motivated by profit gain, cracks it open.
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