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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
{{ | Many vehicles sold by Mazda allow for remote access to various functions of the car. These include features such as starting the engine remotely, rolling the windows up or down, or checking the fuel level. To control the car remotely, Mazda offers an official app<ref>{{Cite web |title=MyMazda App on the Google PlayStore |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.interrait.mymazda&hl=en |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=MyMazda - Google Play}}</ref> for your phone that connects to a server which then transmits the data to the car. | ||
Programmer Brandon Rothweiler released an open source tool<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open Source Integration on Github |url=https://github.com/bdr99/pymazda |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717224306/https://github.com/bdr99/pymazda |archive-date=2022-07-17 |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Github - Open source my MyMazda integration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mazda Connected Services on the Home Assistant website |url=https://community.home-assistant.io/t/mazda-connected-service/354221 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Home Assistant - Mazda Connected Service}}</ref> that integrates the Mazda connectivity features into the open source home management software "Home Assistant", which is an open platform that allows users to access their products via these indiviually created integrations. The program functions in essentially the same way as Mazda's official app, connecting to Mazda's servers that control your car remotely. | |||
==Malicious DMCA takedown notice== | |||
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== | Impartial and complete description of the events, including actions taken by the company, and the timeline of the incident coming to the public's attention.}}On October 10th 2023 Mazda issued a DMCA takedown notice<ref>{{Cite web |title=Takedown Notice by Mazda |url=https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2023/10/2023-10-10-mazda.md |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012182527/https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2023/10/2023-10-10-mazda.md |archive-date=2023-10-12 |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Github}}</ref> to github claiming the integration that adds connectivity with Mazda vehicles infringes on their intellectual properly rights by stealing code from their official app and wanted it, along with forks of the project, removed from the website. Github complied and promptly removed the repositories in question by October 13th. | ||
The reason the DMCA takedown notice is malicious is that no code from Mazda's official app is not required to develop a tool that works in a similar way. The API of the server is freely accessible and figuring out how to interact with it can be done completely without infringing on anyone's copyright. | |||
=== | ===Mazda's response=== | ||
There was never a response from Mazda, but the intention and proposed solution was for people to use their official app instead. | |||
Additionally, Mazda introduced a monthly usage fee of $10/month<ref>{{Cite web |title=MyMazda user receiving subscription fee notice |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/mazda/comments/1egt09k/what_do_i_do_to_keep_it_for_free/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Reddit}}</ref> to the MyMazda app starting in mid 2024. Cars purchased between 2019 and 2024 retain a 3-year trial period and cars purchased since 2025 a one-year trial where the remote features can be used free of charge, however, past the trial a monthly fee must be payed in order to continue using the connectivity features<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mazda FAQ page on subscription fees for MyMazda |url=https://mazda.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/192/~/is-there-a-subscription-fee-for-mazda-connected-services%3F |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Mazda FAQ}}</ref>. | |||
==Consumer response== | ==Consumer response== | ||
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