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> it’s not clear how the vehicle was stolen in the first place. > For owners, it’s important to make sure that your Tesla account is secured with a strong pass
by janwillemb 9y ago
> it’s not clear how the vehicle was stolen in the first place.
> For owners, it’s important to make sure that your Tesla account is secured with a strong password and to keep your key fobs in a secure location at a safe distance from the vehicle when parked.
The insinuation here is that owners had weak passwords and/or kept their keys in an insecure location at an unsafe distance from the vehicle. Another explanation could be that hacker-thieves found a way to access Tesla's without keys and/or passwords.
- eridius 9y agoIf they have ways to access Teslas in general without the specific keys/passwords, then wouldn't you expect there to be a wave of stolen Teslas instead of just 2?
- gnicholas 9y agoWhat is the range of the key fob, and does Tesla warn customers to keep keys far away from the car (not in rooms adjacent to the garage, for example)? I have a friend who bought a late-model BMW and accidentally discovered that her keyless ignition is also fobless — if unlocked, her car will start even if the key fob is miles away. Not an easily discoverable bug, since she typically has her key with her when she approaches her car.
- jacquesm 9y agoThat sounds like a terrible design flaw. Kids could easily start the car then.
- valuearb 9y agoAll keyless gobs have the same problem, a thief with a repeater can extend the signal range and steal your car while you are at dinner, even if blocks away.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 9y agoCould you build a portable faraday cage of sorts to carry in your pocket that effectively reduces the range to zero when the fob resides inside it?
- ajflkjasdf777 9y agoWhy is that an insinuation and not simply a reminder? Perhaps they just loaded them onto a shielded vehicle, moved them, dismantled them, and spread the parts around via regular trucks?