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Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn't control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.

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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I think yes, assuming nobody grabbed an API key out of the Mazda app or something.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    A huge project at my work got pushed back because a company we are working with decided to make the API public...

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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