by gregsachs » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:05 am
Thinking ahead, once the source is released, I'd imagine a frustrated owner could try and do a small app that did a brute-force attempt at this, but it would be easiest done via a bench setup. I firmly don't believe ecutek is smart enough to have done anything really robust. Ethically/legally, this behavior would be just as, if not more questionable as ecutek's locking. For sure, I think they would pursue anyone sharing their maps(and i've got no issue with that), but what about revealing how to reflash a locked ecu? it is possible, based on what they have said, that they have broken the read feature completely. Thoughts?