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Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware
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| 3/21/17
| JASON KOEBLER
Posted on 03/22/2017 1:08:15 PM PDT by Rebelbase
To avoid the draconian locks that John Deere puts on the tractors they buy, farmers throughout America's heartland have started hacking their equipment with firmware that's cracked in Eastern Europe and traded on invite-only, paid online forums.
Tractor hacking is growing increasingly popular because John Deere and other manufacturers have made it impossible to perform "unauthorized" repair on farm equipment, which farmers see as an attack on their sovereignty and quite possibly an existential threat to their livelihood if their tractor breaks at an inopportune time.
"When crunch time comes and we break down, chances are we don't have time to wait for a dealership employee to show up and fix it," Danny Kluthe, a hog farmer in Nebraska, told his state legislature earlier this month. "Most all the new equipment [requires] a download [to fix]."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agriculture; automotive; farm; farms; johndeere; tractors
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Go Farmers!
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:08:15 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
It’s like Microsoft!
Holy $hit!
2
posted on
03/22/2017 1:10:11 PM PDT
by
BBB333
(The power of TRUMP compels you!)
To: Rebelbase
Wow, first I heard that the control-left has entered the tractor business.
3
posted on
03/22/2017 1:10:50 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
To: Rebelbase
4
posted on
03/22/2017 1:10:52 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
To: Rebelbase
I knew it, “RUSSIANS”....
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:10:55 PM PDT
by
Paradox
("Donald Trump", the biggest Strawman ever created.)
To: Paradox
Who owns John Deere ? The Chinese ?
To: Rebelbase
Thanks for posting.
I'm glad to hear this.
This, locking you, the owners out, is suppose to be a trend of the future.
It must be stopped, now!
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:13:10 PM PDT
by
blam
To: BBB333
"Almost there...."
To: Rebelbase
Bring back Allis-Chalmers.
9
posted on
03/22/2017 1:16:17 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: Rebelbase
The truth is that the farmers don’t own their tractors when JD puts in trash like this.
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:17:25 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
To: Rebelbase
“Unauthorized repairs”? It their tractors. They should be able to do what ever they want to them!
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is how they do it in the old country...
To: Rebelbase
most FI-engined vehicles have fueling maps provided by the mfr which cannot be easily hacked without some inside knowledge. been that way since the mid 90’s at least.
To: Petrosius
“Unauthorized repairs”?
Blame a lawyer.
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:20:48 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: Rebelbase
I hope an open source tractor can start getting some traction.
15
posted on
03/22/2017 1:22:11 PM PDT
by
posterchild
(Treade a worme on the tayle, and it must turne agayne.)
To: Rebelbase
College kids do this to their cars to enhance performance.
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:22:54 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
To: Rebelbase
This is one of the many, many unplanned, but totally predictable, corrupt consequences of a financial, political and corporate oligarchy running a country.
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:24:11 PM PDT
by
PGR88
(The)
To: Rebelbase
"Authorized Repair" requires "authorized parts".
Guaranteed, and highly profitable post-sale revenue stream.
The "Deere" in John Deere means, not "runs like" but "very pricey".
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:24:25 PM PDT
by
Aevery_Freeman
(You can put Chimpanzees in Libraries but that don't make it a school.)
To: George from New England
Who owns John Deere ? The Chinese ?
It is an American publicly traded company.
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:24:51 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Rebelbase
Nothing hacks like a Deere...unless it’s a DNC server.
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:25:21 PM PDT
by
moovova
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