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I feel like Tesla is a super creepy company that people aren't giving enough scrutiny to just because their tech is so great. What was that story about them rem
by archagon 10y ago
I feel like Tesla is a super creepy company that people aren't giving enough scrutiny to just because their tech is so great. What was that story about them remotely locking out a hacker from snooping around in their software? What about all those articles where they do an uncomfortably accurate play-by-play of someone's accident? I'm not comfortable with the idea of a company having that much access to private data.
- digdigdag 10y agoI don't quite see how it is "creepy". Tesla's autopilot is not a requirement for operating their vehicle. It is an experimental value add that you have to agree in order to be included in the program. As with any beta testing of software, high-fidelity diagnostic data is a must, especially in these circumstance as you have no other way of simulating the various scenarios people find themselves in when driving.
- archagon 10y agoI could be wrong, but it seems they phone home for all sorts of things even without autopilot enabled.
- yessql 10y agoThey log everything whether you opt in or not. But as a cell phone user, I feel like I have opted out of all location privacy already. I'll trade my location privacy for awesome car capabilities.
- Fej 10y agoSoftware that can end lives should not be beta tested on customers. Full stop. In no way is it acceptable to give customers "experimental" software, overhype it, and disclaim responsibility when it inevitably fails.
- Piskvorrr 10y ago...which gets you Toyota brake pedal software, which, in retrospect, doesn't look tested at all. Better? (Deadlier for sure)
- TorKlingberg 10y agoMost people don't own a Tesla anyway. It's a little harder to avoid being tracked by Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft.