So I guess tractors are one part of the “right to repair” movement. For tractors, I think there’s some aspect of it being associated with the halo and respect for farmers in the US, as opposed to food supply security.
My, uh, not confident guess, is that it seems implausible that this is a structural problem that affects food supply (like, in the sense that there is some structural pressure/absorbing state where the worlds tractors tend to have software that is vulnerable to being locked out.)
It would be great to know if the above is wrong, especially if there actually is some kind of structural thing about electronics that tend to brick products.
I think this has an article here. It seems pretty mainstream: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3661434/remote-bricking-of-ukrainian-tractors-raises-agriculture-security-concerns.html
Note the Ukraine element/symbols.
So I guess tractors are one part of the “right to repair” movement. For tractors, I think there’s some aspect of it being associated with the halo and respect for farmers in the US, as opposed to food supply security.
My, uh, not confident guess, is that it seems implausible that this is a structural problem that affects food supply (like, in the sense that there is some structural pressure/absorbing state where the worlds tractors tend to have software that is vulnerable to being locked out.)
It would be great to know if the above is wrong, especially if there actually is some kind of structural thing about electronics that tend to brick products.
Thank you very much!