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I haven't done adequate due diligence yet - could be inaccurate

I came across this article alleging that Germany is considering bailing on the F-35 aircraft because the US can remotely disable them.

If the US could do this to German F-35s, presumably they can do it to ours....

Additional reporting alleging concern in Canadian defence circles

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Does anyone know of a FOSS F-35 alternative?

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

As an average Windows user, I feel like that shouldn't be necessary. If you don't want your F-35s remotely disabled, just go into the system settings and disable the cockpit personalization, DoD telemetry, flight control suggestions, and especially uncheck the "Help make America safer by sending usage and crash statistics to the Pentagon" box.

Of course you also need to double check after every system update to make sure that none of these settings ended up getting patched back on without notice, but for the average pilot, it couldn't be more user friendly.

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

And remember, please try to press the OK button to send Microsoft your anonymous crash analytics before your F-35 smashes into the ground.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Give it a week and Arch users will have it running on the F-35

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I believe it. Full Doom port on the avionics/helmet system by Week 2.