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There have been EV charge points in the UK running Linux since at least 2009. I know, because I put it in them.
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Do you think they've been updated for security bugs since then?
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There was certainly a remote update process for the whole OS, yes, and it was used. Those particular charge points have long since been replaced with newer models about which I know little.
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I'm very glad to hear they did do updates. I am terrified of things in charge of that much current which might be security-hackable (though I understand the protections in ISO15118 which the cars have)
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I was terrified of that, too! In any case, all the safety-critical stuff was done in hardware. The worst the OS could do was switch it off.
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Replying to @mjtech01 @codethink
So long as the Linux stuff couldn't potentially reflash the ยตC in charge of all that, then that's grand.

Jun 23, 2020 ยท 2:43 PM UTC

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Replying to @dsilverstone @codethink
There wasn't even a microcontroller doing that - it was all (VHDL) logic, not reflashable by the OS.
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Oh my! even better. I'd hate to see the VHDL which could implement ISO15118 though :D SAE-J1772 was a lot simpler.
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