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the parental control [...] could almost entirely control the car, including its speed
They assume kids in the driver seat who need to be controlled? How weird is that??
It's wild to me the extent of control that hides under remote capabilities for Tesla. I could never drive one of these knowing it.
Super unnecessary and dystopian. If you‘re a minor with a driving license your parent should either be by your side or you know what you‘re doing since you have a drivers license. If those systems fail you need a better system rather than parental control software in a vehicle.
The fact these controls exist at all is a fucking nightmare. How are these vehicles legally sold? This technology should illegal I'm vehicles.
To paraphrase Strong Bad: "Your [car] has too much computer in it...and not enough typewriter."
I love seeing strong bad references in the wild!
Virus equals very yes? Computer over?! What does that mean?!
I hate to break it to you, but most modern cars have this level of remote controls - they're just not exposed to owners.
https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
What the hell? Why hasn't she changed her password yet?
Aha, the article explains:
After having trouble navigating the technology, Stacey was offered help from Pucci, who said he would need the car to be registered in his name so “he could take control of the Tesla app to ‘assist her’”.
the scammers playbook
Remember kids, if you give full control of you car to someone else you will have a bad time.
Remember, Tesla added this feature after widespread demand for parental controls on use following an incident in which a teenager killed themselves by driving too fast. People asked why they couldn’t override the car with parental controls if that feature was a technical possibility and there was even talk of using legal force to make them do it if they didn’t voluntarily comply.
Tesla requiring proof that the limited account belonged to a minor was not going to be permitted. Parents did this to us.
I doubt it was parents. It was probably the same people that run all the parents rights groups: fundamental Christian extremists.
It literally was the parents
“Valet mode” also exists because valets were joyriding people’s Teslas
this is how so many marriages end with abusers.
but ok...i guess we just blame the victims for abusers who own the ultimate choice over their own behaviour
Musk should have to write a check for $1 billion to her.
I'm not kidding. That's how we have to punish billionaires. Every infraction is a minimum $1 billion payout to each person.
I'm with you. I wish we lived in a world where these rich bastards were being held meaningfully accountable.
He owes her 10 million and pays 2 billion dollar in taxes
And here I was mad that I could only find Android Auto head units when the radio in my 15 year old car died.
This sounds like a nightmare.
BTW pioneer does good generic non smart radios
This is why we reset our vehicles when an employee leaves. Probably should do the same when you have a messy breakup.
Smart devices are for dumb people.
This is why I like my old Jeep. It's manual. It's got great "security". I always say it's got an alarm system; because any small time thief would yell out of frustration. When I travel, I pull out the clutch pedal and take fuel relay out and unplug the battery and leave it in 4lo lol. Oh yeah and you have to unplug the clutch pedal fuse for it to start. If the battery has been unplugged, then you got remap the ECU which takes like a half hour of my shovel wedged against the gas pedal unless you want the engine stalling out every time you take your foot of the pedal. It's also one of the rare colors, as in only 2000 made with dicks, I'm very childish, carved in hard to see spots to make it a nightmare for part thieves. So if you steal it, pretty much with a tow truck, it's like putting a bullseye on yourself.
The point was, there's no controlling that. I don't like all the new tech put into cars.
Oh look another reason for my "reasons to not buy modern cars" pile.
Made a video about this story for my channel this week, but it's just a good reminder to be extra-cautious with anything that can be operated remotely: Revoke unauthorized profiles, change passwords often, check for hidden profiles, etc. If you don't know how to do that yourself, go to the dealership and get help.
I'll just add my sisters story here because its similar and just as crazy. Rob eventually tried to kill a girlfriend and luckily her new boyfriend was a better shot
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19253352
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article98680887.html
Add it to the ever-growing pile of why fly-by-wire for cars is and always will be a bad idea.
I'm sure there's some online fora and FB groups for absolute psychofuck narcissists who will go to great lengths to terrorize their supposed partners and children, and exchange awful ideas on how to keep them on a leash, and this includes the above takeover of a fucking Tesla.
Enrico Pucci was able to control his former partner’s electric car remotely, controlling its speed, temperature settings and lock
