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That's always been the catch for me; its an always-on remotely controlled camera-mobile, of which you happen to sit in the drivers seat and pretend you own whil
by oriel 2y ago
That's always been the catch for me; its an always-on remotely controlled camera-mobile, of which you happen to sit in the drivers seat and pretend you own while it drives you around dangerously.
- averageRoyalty 2y agoAside from the gimmicky "summon mode", what remote control are you talking about?
- oriel 2y agoSimply being always-online and sending telemetry, doesnt preclude the ability to remotely intercede in the car's operations. I think there's precedent with the OnStar system in other cars, and there has anecdotally been evidence of various systems being operable by some kind of admin terminal. I think "summon mode" is actually a great demonstration of how you can remotely access and do some form of piloting the car without a driver. There's also the disabling of features remotely on resale, and probably other examples.
- tobias3 2y agoThey probably do it properly now, but there were stories in the past that they were able to ssh into the cars: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17835760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17835760 https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/99sbwa/former_tesla_programmers_anecdotes_about_problems/ https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/99sbwa/form... Even then you can always install an update that allows remote control.
- averageRoyalty 2y agoInto the infotainment unit. I guess it's a question of your definition of "remote control". In the context of a car, I'd think that more than being able to change the aircon or turn up the volume.