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Also don't forget that Tesla Inc. (and by extension Elon) has root access to your car's onboard computer. He could literally brick your car tomorrow, or make i

by xg15 4y ago

Also don't forget that Tesla Inc. (and by extension Elon) has root access to your car's onboard computer. He could literally brick your car tomorrow, or make it play an endless loop of Nyan cat at full blast or grab the camera footage and publish it on Twitter if he felt like it.

misiti3780 4y ago
this comment is stupid. you're suggesting tsla is going to brick someone's car because of something they said on twitter just because elon told them to?
- mbesto 4y ago
  You mean just as stupid as the richest person in the world who runs like 5 companies to spend his time bullying an employee of Twitter on Twitter? Yup, you're right, it's that stupid.
  - sshine 4y ago
    > bullying an employee of Twitter Bully a disabled employee about their disability being a sign of weak character.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/elon-musk-blogger-tesla-motors-model-x https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/elon-musk... Isn't that just the next step of this? I'm not saying it would happen, but it doesn't seem totally out of the realm of possibility given the level of petty we're dealing with.
- xg15 4y ago
  I don't think he'd do anything risking him an "attempted murder" charge. But some kind of "trolling"? Or gathering information that would give an advantage? Absolutely.
- bikezen 4y ago
  They've cancelled orders, denied access to the software betas, revoked investor access, etc already. So not entirely out of the realm of possibilities.
unyttigfjelltol 4y ago
An administrator with root access could cause your car to unexpectedly lose braking power, accelerate into a wall, or if there was an adverse event claim they downloaded complete logs and it was all your fault because you're a bad person. Tesla has remarkable real-time power over you, but CEO's wield great power in general, which is the reason they normally are quite a lot more measured and balanced in their public interactions.

by xg15 4y ago

misiti3780 4y ago

this comment is stupid. you're suggesting tsla is going to brick someone's car because of something they said on twitter just because elon told them to?

mbesto 4y ago
You mean just as stupid as the richest person in the world who runs like 5 companies to spend his time bullying an employee of Twitter on Twitter? Yup, you're right, it's that stupid.
- sshine 4y ago
  > bullying an employee of Twitter Bully a disabled employee about their disability being a sign of weak character.
SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/elon-musk-blogger-tesla-motors-model-x https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/elon-musk... Isn't that just the next step of this? I'm not saying it would happen, but it doesn't seem totally out of the realm of possibility given the level of petty we're dealing with.
xg15 4y ago
I don't think he'd do anything risking him an "attempted murder" charge. But some kind of "trolling"? Or gathering information that would give an advantage? Absolutely.
bikezen 4y ago
They've cancelled orders, denied access to the software betas, revoked investor access, etc already. So not entirely out of the realm of possibilities.

unyttigfjelltol 4y ago

An administrator with root access could cause your car to unexpectedly lose braking power, accelerate into a wall, or if there was an adverse event claim they downloaded complete logs and it was all your fault because you're a bad person. Tesla has remarkable real-time power over you, but CEO's wield great power in general, which is the reason they normally are quite a lot more measured and balanced in their public interactions.