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

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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 13 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 10 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.