>Security researchers who do something like test the security of a car without the permission of the car manufacturer (like in this post) are committing a felony.
citation needed
citation needed
Source: DMCA: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201
I'm sure that spending a few hundred thousand dollars on lawyers might find a legal loophole, but I wouldn't count on it.
Why is it illegal to break the encryption of video game consoles? Whatever the answer is, the same can be applied to breaking the encryption of a car.
> Why is it illegal to break the encryption of video game consoles?
IIRC Sony lost that court case where the Navy turned their Playstations into a supercomputer.
I'm not trying to argue, but I'm trying to state my understanding so someone can better help me understand. I really do want to know how many crimes I've committed lol
To your point, would most researchers want to spend lawyer money to test that ? Surely not.
Remember this? https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-is-the-hacking-investig...
A reporter pressed F12 to view the source of a web page and the Missouri governor spent months trying to charge him with a crime as part of a "felony investigation". Full weight of the state on his shoulders because he revealed something embarrassing about the state.
In practice if you embarrass a company, they will crush you legally. And sure, after you spend a few hundred thousand dollars on legal fees you'll probably win, and the company will have to say "our bad lol", but you'll still be out the legal fees.