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I don’t usually vote up comments that are mostly humorous on HN, but there’s always an exception. To me the problem isn’t that they might, but that they can. I
by jchw 5y ago
I don’t usually vote up comments that are mostly humorous on HN, but there’s always an exception.
To me the problem isn’t that they might, but that they can. I guess the fault is technically on the person who rented something under terrible terms, but the problem to me is that over time terrible terms seem to win out over reasonable ones.
Not to mention, if Tesla is capable of doing this for rentals, I have to assume they are capable of doing it for any Tesla. Which is not great.
- Moru 5y agoOr that any hacker that gets into Teslas system will have a field day.
- errcorrectcode 5y agoMass theft, bricking, or actual crashing potential. It's a Futurama episode/ Sword of Damocles waiting to happen.
- dsr_ 5y agoRight. Compromise the right credentials, and you can order a high percentage of parked Teslas to start backing up. That probably won't make them cause damage immediately -- I assume there's a set of sensors that will apply brakes rather than hit a wall or a detected car -- but there's a lot of chaos to apply that way. I wonder if Tesla's EULA immunizes them against such breaches.
- usefulcat 5y ago> over time terrible terms seem to win out over reasonable ones Tyranny of the marketplace, I guess. If most people are not bothered by the terrible terms, then the selection of items with non-terrible terms will be correspondingly small. Case in point: I'd like to buy a TV (even at a higher price) that does not have ads all over the interface. From what I can tell, as of right now there are approximately a handful of such TVs, not counting older models that probably aren't produced any more. And of course out of that handful, most are not very good in other respects.. I don't know how to solve that apart from regulation, which is often a very poor solution.
- HideousKojima 5y agoBuy industrial signage displays. You'll be paying a significant premium but it's basically the only way to get a high quality non-smart tv these days.
- stalfosknight 5y agoMy solution is to never setup wifi or provide ethernet to my TVs. They can't vomit ads all over the screen or track what you're watching if they can't get online.
- voakbasda 5y agoThe house always wins. Contract terms almost always give favor the issuer.
- tssva 5y agoIf you don't pay us as agreed, we will take it back are terrible terms?
- jchw 5y agoYou omitted the parts that are actually problematic. I don’t give my mortgage company a copy of the keys to my house.