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Tesla Hackers Find ‘Unpatchable’ Jailbreak to Unlock Paid Features for Free (www.thedrive.com)

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Tesla Hackers Find ‘Unpatchable’ Jailbreak to Unlock Paid Features for Free::A group of security researchers claim to have found an "unpatchable" jailbreak for some Tesla vehicles, potentially unlocking in-car purchases

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[–] [email protected] 124 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (18 children)

This how people are gonna find out how bad of an idea to allow the manufacturer to have that much control over your car after purchase. Tesla will shut their cars off if they find them jail breaked.

Just like the guy that wasn't allowed to fix the cooling hose on the battery Tesla's only option was to replace it. A third party fixed it but he still had concerns that they would shut it off (citing safety) because he wouldn't buy a whole new battery after he fixed it. Also barring him from quick charge stations was another concern.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Tesla shutting off jailbreaked cars would be illegal in Europe at least

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Unless they find a legal workaround. They can probably do it, if they claim it makes the car unsafe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They can't just claim shit when people start suing them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's pretty easy to convince most people that ANY hacking is unsafe. It probably wouldn't be that difficult to make a convincing argument, and as the maker of the car, they have a lot of authority.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They will hve to provide evidence that explicitly links hacking to safety problems that have occured in real life, never gonna happen

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Or they can just brick it, like Apple does with iPhone, when people jail break them.