Unfortunately Ford has let it be known that they have locked out the ability for tuners to do this. I'm sure someone will try here in the US, but I doubt the numbers will make it financially worthwhile in other markets.
As with each new generation, but where there's a will there's a way...
Hackers aren't always motivated by money. Doing what somebody says is impossible motivates many and often if you figure the time put into some of their work, they don't even receive minimum wage. As long as it's possible for Ford to do updates, it's possible for the private sector to do so. Remember the codes used during WWII. They were though to be unbreakable and the fact that they were wrong resulted in saving many lives. I am sure the encryption is far stronger but there is a limit to the power of the computer for will put in an engine controller and that will limit the complexity of the encryption used by the box.
this is very true. there have been many times that developers claim that their software is impossible to hack and modify, just to be proven wrong very quickly. one of my favorite stories of just this is the modding scene of the Nintendo Switch. it's an actively supported console and Nintendo hates the modding and hacking scene of it, but even on the newest hardware and software revisions of the console, modding is still possible because some people love a challenge. i would honestly be surprised if the ECU of the S650 lasts even a year. it took the C8 Corvette about 2 years to be cracked, but i bet some sort of reverse engineering could be done with these aftermarket tunes that Ford officially allows, plus i would argue more people mod their Mustangs than C8 Corvettes.
Probably a combo of tuning and a Gas Particulate Filter, which is similar in concept to a catalytic converter
That’s for the states not over in UK but I’m sure they’ll tune it. It’s a different world over there when it comes to the aftermarket
No not really they work by trapping particles in a mix match mesh and traps soot, that Hass to be manually burned off “diesels” . However a DOC and catalytic converter are very similar The only big difference between the two is DOCs run at a considerably higher temperature to continually burn off soot