DocMcStuffin to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years agoMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square111linkfedilinkarrow-up1748arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1739arrow-down1external-linkMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comDocMcStuffin to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square111linkfedilinkfile-text
Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn’t control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.
minus-squareagent_flounderlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·3 years agoI think yes, assuming nobody grabbed an API key out of the Mazda app or something.
minus-squareSpezCanLigmaBallslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 years agoA huge project at my work got pushed back because a company we are working with decided to make the API public…
minus-squareSpezCanLigmaBallslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoIt’s a good thing it is getting changed, not a good thing it got pushed back farther because of them. Already been pushed back 4 months
minus-squaredroanslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 years agoQuite often these integrations just take the authentication token or cookie during OAuth or the normal login process. Actions like that would be impossible with WEI.
I think yes, assuming nobody grabbed an API key out of the Mazda app or something.
A huge project at my work got pushed back because a company we are working with decided to make the API public…
Isn’t that a good thing?
It’s a good thing it is getting changed, not a good thing it got pushed back farther because of them. Already been pushed back 4 months
Quite often these integrations just take the authentication token or cookie during OAuth or the normal login process.
Actions like that would be impossible with WEI.
Exactly! I love Google.
This is a joke