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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Except that if there are other computers that require encrypted information in the propritary part being replaced, you can't just plug in another third party part...
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That will play a part in the game (and I can see this becoming a game between manufacturers of cars and manufacturers of replacement parts), but secure encryption in this sort of situation is not easy - not when there's a world full of people that enjoy a challenge.
However this is where cromag's earlier example of manufacturers trying the same thing back before the software aspect comes into it. (You know, the post that some others scoffed at as irrelevant.) There are other issues that will come into play here, about anti-competitive practices and so on, that manufacturers will face if they try to take this too far.