@DocMcStuffin to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square114arrow-up1747arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1738arrow-down1external-linkMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.com@DocMcStuffin to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square114file-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-square@agent_flounderlinkEnglish21•1 year agoI think yes, assuming nobody grabbed an API key out of the Mazda app or something.
minus-square@droanslinkEnglish8•1 year 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.
minus-square@SpezCanLigmaBallslinkEnglish8•1 year agoA huge project at my work got pushed back because a company we are working with decided to make the API public…
minus-square@SpezCanLigmaBallslinkEnglish4•1 year 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
I think yes, assuming nobody grabbed an API key out of the Mazda app or something.
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
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