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Originally Posted by Ibiza
I posted this recently in the G20 forum:
This is interesting from Manhart:
"The reason for the update is connected to improved security for autonomous driving and other driving assistance features and keeping hackers away from potentially intervening with the vehicle's systems. The lock has been introduced in the bootloader of the ECU and is implemented on processor level, which means that "bench unlocking" with direct access on the ECU is no longer possible.
The outcome of this situation means for newly manufactured cars that the following options are no longer possible:
No OBD unlock
No bench unlock
No bootpin unlock
No ECU remapping"
https://www.manhart-performance.de/e...ked-bosch-ecu/
It's going to be a "inside job" meaning a Russian hacker will infiltrate the BOSCH severs and find a way around the new DME. Apparently, the contract between BMW and BOSCH has a lifetime guarantee that the DME can't be cracked as its hardware embedded— similar to the Apple T2 chip. An other route will be a BMW engineer selling out to a German tuner. Too much money out there besides just tuning the DME such as deleting CEL when installing DP's— this affects a majority of the aftermarket parts industry. |
this came up a while ago on the F8X forum, and as far as I'm concerned it's true.
However, everything can be cracked!