[Themaintainers] Themaintainers Digest, Vol 56, Issue 1 right to repair

Sat Oct 17 07:29:54 EDT 2020

To quote a probable future Supreme Court justice, "I'm not a scientist,"
but I would go with Nathan on this and vote yes -- his argument makes sense.

Stay sane, keep washing those hands, and practice social solidarity as well
as physical distancing,

Jonathan

Jonathan Coopersmith
Professor
Department of History
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77843-4236
979.291.2925 (cell)
979.862.4314 (fax)

*Vote early (not often), and help others vote*:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/a-citizens-guide-to-defending-the-election/616574/

Engineering elections:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/engineering-principles-us-election

Racial disparities in waiting to vote:
https://theconversation.com/it-takes-a-long-time-to-vote-141267

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On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 5:51 AM Nathan Proctor <nproctor at pirg.org> wrote:

> I suggest voting yes.
>
> I don't think it's fair to call this a "right to repair" issue, it's more
> about data. I would much prefer if it just totally handed data control to
> the owner, including the ability to turn it off. But creating what amounts
> to an open platform for data access (limited to maintenance data), with
> access controlled by the car owner, offers some utility (an app that can
> tell you if you need washer fluid, etc), and the security risk is not that
> significant (most of the extreme security problems they reference in those
> horrible ads are the problems that ALREADY exist, and are not impacted by
> access for third parties to your washer fluid levels).
>
> So I see this as a slight pro for the consumer, which could be a bigger
> win if it's successful, and people realize the value of having data access,
> control and monitoring for other things.
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 9:23 AM JoAnne Yates <jyates at mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> Jonathan—
>>
>> I’ve read both articles, but am still not sure which way to vote. Any
>> advice?
>>
>> JoAnne
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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>> >  1. Mass. auto right-to-repair ballot issue (Jonathan Coopersmith)
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>> > Message: 1
>> > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 21:26:06 -0500
>> > From: Jonathan Coopersmith <j-coopersmith at tamu.edu>
>> > To: Themaintainers <themaintainers at lists.stevens.edu>
>> > Subject: [Themaintainers] Mass. auto right-to-repair ballot issue
>> > Message-ID:
>> >   <CABrYC9c6aZLRw29ngHFmGrjnR7EMzc884-Gp8Xx0uEUO85SuFA at mail.gmail.com>
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>> > (copying this, not original with me:  an important issue).
>> >
>> > Car right to repair is on the ballot again. This time about access to
>> car
>> > telematics data. Here is more information about the ballot question..
>> >
>> > Ballot questions
>> > https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/IFV_2020.pdf
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/IFV_2020.pdf__;!!KwNVnqRv!VwaHao5PaD9UqmsxhRY86iH5XfYe0GTfQ5xoKXLZyBa5-09Z8Xo42VPbg88TOdeBp1IA$>
>> >
>> > Making sense of Question 1, the return of the Massachusetts
>> right-to-repair
>> > debate
>> >
>> https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2020/09/29/massachusetts-question-1-right-to-repair-2020-ballot-measure/
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2020/09/29/massachusetts-question-1-right-to-repair-2020-ballot-measure/__;!!KwNVnqRv!VwaHao5PaD9UqmsxhRY86iH5XfYe0GTfQ5xoKXLZyBa5-09Z8Xo42VPbg88TOV2R2Gqp$>
>> >
>> > Mass. has been pummeled by ads on Question 1. They veer into
>> exaggeration
>> > and ?fearmongering,? experts say
>> >
>> https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/21/metro/massachusetts-has-been-pummeled-by-ads-about-question-1-they-veer-into-exaggeration-fear-mongering-experts-say/
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/21/metro/massachusetts-has-been-pummeled-by-ads-about-question-1-they-veer-into-exaggeration-fear-mongering-experts-say/__;!!KwNVnqRv!VwaHao5PaD9UqmsxhRY86iH5XfYe0GTfQ5xoKXLZyBa5-09Z8Xo42VPbg88TOdcluxcR$>
>> >
>> >
>> > Stay sane, keep washing those hands, and practice social solidarity as
>> well
>> > as physical distancing,
>> >
>> > Jonathan
>> >
>> > Jonathan Coopersmith
>> > Professor
>> > Department of History
>> > Texas A&M University
>> > College Station, TX  77843-4236
>> > 979.291.2925 (cell)
>> > 979.862.4314 (fax)
>> >
>> > *Vote early (not often), and help others vote*:
>> >
>> https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/a-citizens-guide-to-defending-the-election/616574/
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/a-citizens-guide-to-defending-the-election/616574/__;!!KwNVnqRv!VwaHao5PaD9UqmsxhRY86iH5XfYe0GTfQ5xoKXLZyBa5-09Z8Xo42VPbg88TOa1dCkXf$>
>> >
>> > Engineering elections:
>> >
>> https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/engineering-principles-us-election
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/engineering-principles-us-election__;!!KwNVnqRv!VwaHao5PaD9UqmsxhRY86iH5XfYe0GTfQ5xoKXLZyBa5-09Z8Xo42VPbg88TOelsx7M4$>
>> >
>> > Racial disparities in waiting to vote:
>> > https://theconversation.com/it-takes-a-long-time-to-vote-141267
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/it-takes-a-long-time-to-vote-141267__;!!KwNVnqRv!VwaHao5PaD9UqmsxhRY86iH5XfYe0GTfQ5xoKXLZyBa5-09Z8Xo42VPbg88TOZzp_ogM$>
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