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No, that's not the "most" they can do. Not even close. This is about the minimum they should do with self-driving cars, yet it's still about an order of magnit
by mtgx 9y ago
No, that's not the "most" they can do. Not even close.
This is about the minimum they should do with self-driving cars, yet it's still about an order of magnitude more than their "most they can do" right now:
http://ideas.4brad.com/disconnected-car-right-security-plan-robocars http://ideas.4brad.com/disconnected-car-right-security-plan-...
Tesla cars' "features" such as remote control, accessing any car from its servers, over-the-air updates, and more features like that will have a direct impact in helping attackers take over Teslas' cars.
How they design the security architecture of their self-driving cars now will determine whether or not Tesla's cars will be the "Windows XP" of the 2020s. I think it's way better to criticize/give them feedback on this now, while the architecture is still being developed, than after the potential Windows XP is already "finished" and live on 50 million cars. And yes, that goes for every other carmaker, too, not just Tesla.
Plus, I don't know about you, but a TV ad saying "Tesla - the only self-driving car that hackers can't drive off the highway" sounds like it would be quite effective to me.