Comment on 'It's Possible to jailbreak F-35 like iPhone', Says Dutch State Secretary of Defense Tuinman

Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah… Fighter jets don’t really get bricked.

  A brick is when you’ve messed something up to the point where the hardware doesn’t boot and the only possible solution would be to pull out a rom chip and replace it with one with factory settings, but that’s too hard and not worth doing.

  But that’s the thing, with the F-35, it’ll never be not worth doing.

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  • elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Modern airplanes, especially military, are Uber complex, and mostly made of bespoke components, and take decades and billions to develop. The idea that $5000 will pay for replacing a core component or system is just plain preposterous.

    Just look at the fun Russia is having sourcing spares to keep commercial western jets flying, despite having one of the world’s most capable aviation industries.

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  • hcbxzz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You’re assuming they’ll still sell you parts after you tried to bypass the locks

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• Iconoclast@feddit.uk ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Even broke the warranty seal over the USB port.

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• squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, that’s not a job I’d be comfortable doing.

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