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Researchers jailbreak a Tesla to get free in-car feature upgrades (techcrunch.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Researchers jailbreak a Tesla to get free in-car feature upgrades::A group of researchers found a way to hack a Tesla's hardware with the goal of getting free in-car upgrades, such as heated rear seats.

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[–] Boogeyman4325@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Quick question: Couldn't Tesla's telemetry servers detect this kind of jailbreaking and, say, remotely disable the device? I'm kind of thinking of Nintendo consoles and their bans on some jailbroken consoles (typically the ones that play pirated games online).

[–] daveydee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing they spoofed the telemetry in order to enable said features. It doesn't say in the article the method, so I could be wrong.

[–] clgoh@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

How long the instructions would last if posted on Twitter?

[–] recluse@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

https://youtu.be/PWQL_XORalY

[–] WildlyCanadian@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Yeeesss first thing I thought when I read the title lmaoo

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

#thank you

I was afraid I'd get to the bottom and not find the perfect song.

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[–] Noah@lemmy.federated.club 5 points 1 year ago

It’s ridiculous how nowadays a lot of hardware car features are locked behind a simple software switch. Feels like both a massive waste of resources for people that don’t buy the upgrades, and like having to pay for a feature that is already physically present in your car. Software-only upgrades like full self driving are understandable, hardware upgrades locked behind a software gate aren’t.

[cross-posted from the same article on c/news]

[–] nix@merv.news 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This song was ahead of its time https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PWQL_XORalY and that time is now

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[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Muskovite builds vehicles with a built in micro-transaction PTW scheme? Hilarious.

[–] nave@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought heated rear seats were included with Tesla’s?

[–] BeardyGrumps@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

All four seats are heated for free if the battery explodes.. /s

[–] dunning_cougar@waveform.social 2 points 1 year ago

“Researchers”

You mean Tesla job applicants.

ftfy

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