EFF Wins Petition to Inspect and Modify Car Software
It should be noted that this is a very limited ruling. Only the owner can modify the car, and you can't go to a mechanic or third party to modify it (or inspect it), which will greatly restrict the application.<p>Also this doesn't apply to Entertainment or Telemetrics portions. So your car could be straight up spying on you, or your manufacturer can leave unpatched security holes in your "Entertainment" system (which has already been used ( <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/systems/jeep-hacking-101" rel="nofollow">http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/syst...</a>) to remotely hack your car), and there is nothing you can legally do. You can't even deeply look into the system to find such vulnerabilities.<p>I mean a win is a win, but this isn't as big as one would hope.