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'It's Possible to jailbreak F-35 like iPhone', Says Dutch State Secretary of Defense Tuinman (www.bnr.nl)
submitted 1 day ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A widespread concern is what would happen to Dutch weapon systems if the Americans were to withdraw completely as an ally. For example, Dutch F-35 aircraft are dependent on American software updates. Yet, Tuinman isn't particularly worried about this.

"The F-35 is truly a shared product. The British make the Rolls-Royce engines, and the Americans simply need them too." And even if this mutual dependency doesn't result in software updates, the F-35, in its current state, is still a better aircraft than other types of fighters.

If you still want to upgrade despite everything, I'm going to say something I should never say, but I will anyway: you can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone. (Crack it with your own software, ed.)

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[–] fierysparrow89@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

This is a ridiculus statement coming from a government official. Can't imagine any other motivation than a clickbait equivalent intended to sling the topic in the public limelight.

Given enough effort and time all software can be reverse engineered. So "jailbreaking" is plausible. But that is just one piece of this puzzel. Here is a more informed version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X9ww6FtUhE

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 54 minutes ago (1 children)

I don't think a US Army/Air Force vet is going to have any less biased of a take than the a Dutch government official lmao

[–] fierysparrow89@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

Besides the critique towards the person have you any insights as to which of his statements could be biased?

I'm just going to leave this here for reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem