Feds can’t use Forscan

[Chops]

US Government vehicles are prohibited from using Forscan because of their ties to Russia. Not sure how many Fords are in the Federal fleet?

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[icegradner]

Fleet vehicles would be getting serviced either at a dealership, or with dealer level tools. I doubt they'd need Forscan anyway.

 

[Quest]

I used Forscan a lot at the dealer
FDRS has a lot of restrictions whereas Forscan does not

 

[Cancunbadlands]

I just got the OBDII reader
I haven't downloaded ForScan yet

 

[Geo8866]

What are Forscan's ties to Russia?

 

[Quest]

Developers are Russian

 

[TheSEARCH]

Oh no. Now Putin can crash my mav into anything he wants.

 

[Aherpa]

US Government vehicles are prohibited from using Forscan because of their ties to Russia. Not sure how many Fords are in the Federal fleet?

I always thought Ford had it's own pricey software to largely do what Forscan does and Forscan just give us enthusiasts a way to get into the vehicle's software without buying/using Ford's.

 

[Chops]

I just got the OBDII reader
I haven't downloaded ForScan yet

In Russia you do not download Forscan - Forscan downloads you.

 

[Quest]

I always thought Ford had it's own pricey software to largely do what Forscan does and Forscan just give us enthusiasts a way to get into the vehicle's software without buying/using Ford's.

Ford software is very good for diagnosing problems but crap when it comes to changing features.
Forscan is the opposite

 

[Chops]

Oh no. Now Putin can crash my mav into anything he wants.

Putin would just toss you out a window - but talented hackers accessing your smartphone info etc through the Forscan app would hurt too.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Remember when the government had to shi£ can their computers because they put Russian developed Kaspersky antivirus software on their computers. How asinine, stupid, naive, idiotic, dumb, could the Gov. be? (Rhetorical)
Let's not even get into, the NSA and the monitoring capabilities of their complex near Salt Lake City.

 

[commadorebob]

If the Russians are that bored to track my truck that gets driven once a week to mostly Home Depot and the odd campout...

 

[Chops]

If the Russians are that bored to track my truck that gets driven once a week to mostly Home Depot and the odd campout...

They don’t care about your truck or camping trips.

They might care about the available balance on your Home Depot card or the card you used to purchase Forscan online. Is Forscan loaded on a computer or phone that might have sensitive data?

I realize I’m being a “tinfoil hat”. There is almost infinite data for a hacker to hack - why pick on a Forscan user. Your point seems valid to me

 

[commadorebob]

They don’t care about your truck or camping trips.

They might care about the available balance on your Home Depot card or the card you used to purchase Forscan online. Is Forscan loaded on a computer or phone that might have sensitive data?

I realize I’m being a “tinfoil hat”. There is almost infinite data for a hacker to hack - why pick on a Forscan user. Your point seems valid to me

No. Just my gaming laptop and it isn't even working properly any more. My work laptop has no personal data on it and my MacBook has no work data on it (and not compatible with Forscan). I'm pretty anal about data security since I work in the industry.

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