>I think this is one of the main ideas behind OBDI and OBDII.
>Standardization. That part of it at least is good. A good
>diagnostic system that I could use to fix my car would be great.
I think we'll all agree with that.
>As for transmitters, they could be a cellular phone that could call in
>to a modem when something went wrong. There are coke machines that
>call in on the phone when they need refilling. The technology is there.
True, but that should be fairly easy to disable, or at least defeat
(I wonder how many OBD-III systems will be covered with Faraday cages? ;).
Never underestimate the ingenuity of automotive hackers!
Ron
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