▲ 146 ▼ Reverse engineering my e-scooter and rewriting the firmware in Rust (bensimms.moe) submitted 1 month ago* by inari@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago (6 children) Did it make it go faster? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] felsiq@piefed.zip 20 points 1 month ago Not this model, but the author mentioned another that had configurable speed limits so it might work for that one permalink fedilink source parent [–] cyrl@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago No, but it's now impossible to crash whilst riding and typing 🥁 permalink fedilink source parent [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (3 children) Why would you want to go faster on an e-scooter? If you’re suicidal there are many better methods than this… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children) Why would you reprogram an e-scooter in Rust if the objective wasn’t to make it run faster and more efficiently? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago security against remote hacking, privacy to use randomized bluetooth MAC address and maybe even disable bluetooth, safety to turn off more gracefully when something malfunctions. some scooters keep the engine running if the throttle is pressed when the head unit reboots permalink fedilink source parent [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago First of all, anything written in rust is automatically hacker-poof. You forgot to mention that part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 20 points 1 month ago Not this model, but the author mentioned another that had configurable speed limits so it might work for that one permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyrl@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago No, but it's now impossible to crash whilst riding and typing 🥁 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (3 children) Why would you want to go faster on an e-scooter? If you’re suicidal there are many better methods than this… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children) Why would you reprogram an e-scooter in Rust if the objective wasn’t to make it run faster and more efficiently? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago security against remote hacking, privacy to use randomized bluetooth MAC address and maybe even disable bluetooth, safety to turn off more gracefully when something malfunctions. some scooters keep the engine running if the throttle is pressed when the head unit reboots permalink fedilink source parent [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago First of all, anything written in rust is automatically hacker-poof. You forgot to mention that part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children) Why would you reprogram an e-scooter in Rust if the objective wasn’t to make it run faster and more efficiently? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago security against remote hacking, privacy to use randomized bluetooth MAC address and maybe even disable bluetooth, safety to turn off more gracefully when something malfunctions. some scooters keep the engine running if the throttle is pressed when the head unit reboots permalink fedilink source parent [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago First of all, anything written in rust is automatically hacker-poof. You forgot to mention that part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago security against remote hacking, privacy to use randomized bluetooth MAC address and maybe even disable bluetooth, safety to turn off more gracefully when something malfunctions. some scooters keep the engine running if the throttle is pressed when the head unit reboots permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago First of all, anything written in rust is automatically hacker-poof. You forgot to mention that part. permalink fedilink source parent