Tesla Hackers Find ‘Unpatchable’ Jailbreak to Unlock Paid Features for Free::A group of security researchers claim to have found an “unpatchable” jailbreak for some Tesla vehicles, potentially unlocking in-car purchases

    • I Cast Fist
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      101 year ago
      • jailbreak
      • disable all traffic from certain apps
      • add all tesla domains as 0.0.0.0 on /etc/hosts, just to be sure
      • ride off into the sunset
      • @2ez
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        11 year ago

        Couldn’t they add a hardware chip that acts like a tamper seal?

        • @elscallr
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          41 year ago

          That’s the thing that gets jailbroken.

        • I Cast Fist
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          11 year ago

          Depending on how it’s implemented, beating it will be a matter of shorting some circuits. See how PS1 and 2 were jailbroken with modchips.

    • @Buffalox
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      31 year ago

      Unless they find a legal workaround. They can probably do it, if they claim it makes the car unsafe.

        • @Buffalox
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          11 year ago

          It’s pretty easy to convince most people that ANY hacking is unsafe. It probably wouldn’t be that difficult to make a convincing argument, and as the maker of the car, they have a lot of authority.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            They will hve to provide evidence that explicitly links hacking to safety problems that have occured in real life, never gonna happen

            • @Buffalox
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              1 year ago

              Or they can just brick it, like Apple does with iPhone, when people jail break them.

              Did Apple ever lose a lawsuit on that? You put to much trust in the system.