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Rivian says "fat finger" caused software update to brick infotainment systems, physical servicing may be required (driveteslacanada.ca)
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Rivian says "fat finger" caused software update to brick infotainment systems, physical servicing may be required::Today’s cars are more like computers on wheels, and even a seemingly routine software update can lead to unexpected consequences. Rivian unfortunately experienced a “fat finger” mishap with their latest software update, bricking infotainment systems [...]

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

How though

[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They did

Rm -rf /

To force remove everything recursively instead of

Rm -fr /

To remove the French language pack. Rookie mistake really.

[–] geogle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I know you're being funny here, but....

[–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"According to Rivian the glitch occurred when the wrong build with incorrect security certificates was inadvertently sent out. This error resulted in bricking the infotainment systems of an unknown number of vehicles."

I always thought that 'fat finger' revered to having fingers that are too big for buttons, but I guess it means sending out wrong software versions.

[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fat finger in this context typically means that the person knew what they wanted to do, but typed the wrong thing. Their "fat finger" hit the wrong button. Possible that they wanted certificate 123 in the build, but they accidentally typed 133, or something like that.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 4 points 2 years ago

This. And the guy who did it was fat.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Dumb-ass managers who thought they could run their embedded software group all Agile and shit, and push stuff out to Production without full testing to meet deadlines, not realizing that they can't just "roll back" this one.

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

They had 2 files in one directory. One said “good update” the other said “bad update-don’t use”. When they wanted to push out the update they used a tablet and tapped on “good update” but they accidentally touched the wrong one a bit more with the thumb.

Something like this. But maybe they don’t want to say wat really happened.