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He didn't (locally) bypass the car's authentication system. As far as the car is concerned, he used a proper key. I'm not sure what your comment about a jury
by jiveturkey 8y ago
He didn't (locally) bypass the car's authentication system.
As far as the car is concerned, he used a proper key.
I'm not sure what your comment about a jury of yokel's refers to. I clearly do not mean that he didn't actually steal the car. It doesn't matter if that was with a key or not.
"without a key" is clearly meant to imply that he walked right up. But what he actually did is the equivalent of copying an existing key. IOW, he had a "key" made.
- jstarfish 8y agoTo be clear, I do think your point/distinction is valid in a technical sense, but not relevant to explanation of the crime. He walked right up, made a phone call and Tesla support literally handed him the car. What encrypted bits got shuffled around to make this happen are secondary to the fact that he did steal the car (and yes, had Tesla fabricate an ethereal key) using nothing but his phone.