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Once again, their insecurity is our freedom. One does wonder whether those who were asked to implement this "security" were not happy about doing so, and just decided to make the equivalent of a speed bump instead of a wall.

I remember "carputers" were a somewhat common aftermarket mod in the early 2000s, mostly running a stripped-down 98 or XP on an SSD or memory card. The obvious difference being that you had full control of it from the start. Here's an example of someone doing so:

http://www.avbrand.com/projects/carpc/



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