Well folks, it finally happened. The screen in your pickup truck… your last bastion of peace from the chaos of unskippable advertisements… now plays popup ads. Not even subtle ones. We’re talking full-dash, head-unit-commandeering infomercial panels in your RAM 1500, like you’re driving a Times Square billboard on wheels.

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    6 hours ago

    Is there a custom firmware to counter this? And is there a way to inject custom firmware into it?
    It’s very strange that no one has created a custom firmware to counter this.

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      4 hours ago

      I don’t think there is much overlap between the sets of people

      • buying these cars
      • having the competence to hack them
      • having the willingness and finances to potentially brick the car
    • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de
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      5 hours ago

      The problem with that is that insurance companies would gladly interpret that as tampering of the vehicle, voiding your insurance and which will really fuck you up in case of an accident.