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Most car manufacturers are reactive, like the Jeep hack a few years ago. Cyber Security should be on the forefront of their radar, but takes a back seat. So h

Most car manufacturers are reactive, like the Jeep hack a few years ago. Cyber Security should be on the forefront of their radar, but takes a back seat. So having outdated software is not that big of a surprise. I have a 3 year old phone that functions fine, but i might need to get a new one since it is full of security holes and no updates. I find myself conflicted since i love the technology behind the new cars, but my paranoia about the lack of security and the inability of myself to do anything about it. If only they had cameras in the cars so while they are applying the brakes when you are on the interstate they can collect that classic picture of horror on your face....

filoleg 7y ago
>If only they had cameras in the cars so while they are applying the brakes when you are on the interstate they can collect that classic picture of horror on your face.... They already do. IIRC Model 3 has about 6 external cameras and one internal one. However, the internal one is currently disabled and isn't used for anything, which is a subject to change for when they decide what to do with it and push it in an update. If you are looking for some wtf road videos, we are bound to see more of them soon due to the most recent update Tesla pushed. It added the "save on honk" option, which (if enabled) saves some footage right before the honk, as well as about 5 seconds after the honk. With how much spicy footage the sentry mode update has provided in less than a year, I expect nothing less from the "save on honk" update. As a sidenote, it isn't as bad as it seems in terms of privacy, because all videos (on-honk ones, or manual ones, or the sentry mode accidents) only get saved locally on your HDD/SSD/usb-drive/etc (whatever you have inserted into one of the front USB ports).

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Most car manufacturers are reactive, like the Jeep hack a few years ago. Cyber Security should be on the forefront of their radar, but takes a back seat. So h

by siffland 7y ago

filoleg 7y ago
>If only they had cameras in the cars so while they are applying the brakes when you are on the interstate they can collect that classic picture of horror on your face.... They already do. IIRC Model 3 has about 6 external cameras and one internal one. However, the internal one is currently disabled and isn't used for anything, which is a subject to change for when they decide what to do with it and push it in an update. If you are looking for some wtf road videos, we are bound to see more of them soon due to the most recent update Tesla pushed. It added the "save on honk" option, which (if enabled) saves some footage right before the honk, as well as about 5 seconds after the honk. With how much spicy footage the sentry mode update has provided in less than a year, I expect nothing less from the "save on honk" update. As a sidenote, it isn't as bad as it seems in terms of privacy, because all videos (on-honk ones, or manual ones, or the sentry mode accidents) only get saved locally on your HDD/SSD/usb-drive/etc (whatever you have inserted into one of the front USB ports).