Episode 1135 • • 1:13:46 - 1:18:21
1135: Miss Lawyer USA
Vehicle Black Boxes and 2020 Smog Regulations
An anonymous donor provides technical details on how vehicle "black boxes" (airbag computers) function as event data recorders. The donor warns that upcoming 2020-2021 smog regulations will require all vehicle computers to remain untouched, effectively banning aftermarket tuning products. They mention new "rolling rainbow encryption" that will prevent unauthorized software modifications and could eventually be used to issue retroactive speeding tickets.