Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features
Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36988262 )
https://electrek.co/2023/08/03/hackers-manage-unlock-tesla-software-locked-features/
> The group of hackers claims that their “Tesla Jailbreak” is “unpatchable” and allows to run “arbitrary software on the infotainment.”
Been waiting for this. Knew it was inevitable.
No one smart is going to pay subscription fees for heated seats you greedy cunts. Won't catch me without a jailbreak if that becomes the norm.
Remember it's not just Tesla but also Mercedes and BMW doing it.
You mean to tell me Tesla requires subscription for heated seats? The only thing I am willing to pay for each month would be insurance and electricity/gas for a car I own.
Yup and for self driving. And to increase the acceleration, in other words use the full power of the car you "own."
Mercedes announced they're also charging a subscription for acceleration and BMW announced a heating subscription.
Expect all this shit to get pwned assuming the market doesn't simply reject it.
What we need is a jailbreak on the AI super computer in front of the glove box to run models on. I mean most Tesla's are parked 80% of the time anyways.
Don't forget John Deere: https://www.vice.com/en/article/xykkkd/why-american-farmers-are-hacking-their-tractors-with-ukrainian-firmware
Fuckin hell even on tractors now...
This is the thing, people think it can only affect EVs, but that's simply untrue. The modern ICE car is just as reliant on computers as any EV.
Bullish that even people who aren't tech savvy are responding by saying "fuck that shit how do I get around it?"
If enough of a demand emerges mechanics will absolutely fill it and it simply won't make business sense for manufacturers to play cat and mouse with hackers as their own customers resent them.
Vice is being a clickbaity calling it a "black market" though. It's a grey market at worst and even that would only be because it violates the ToS which is unenforceable in court.
Nothing illegal about hacking something you own. It's as much of a black market as ECU remapping.
Did you see that story a few years ago where researchers were able to hack into a Jeep’s controls through the cell phone service built into the infotainment system?
They were even able to bring the car to a stop on the highway with the control they had.
