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This is a feature for Tesla repair - Tesla has always been able to remotely start your car without your keys. Adding in a toggle to disable it is new, and appea
by vGPU 3y ago
This is a feature for Tesla repair - Tesla has always been able to remotely start your car without your keys. Adding in a toggle to disable it is new, and appears to be in the A/B testing stage currently.
I wonder if there was an “incident” we aren’t aware of that prompted this, like the snafu with Tesla employees sharing videos.
- yafbum 3y agoEvery root capability will be abused in time. Either by malice or by (human or technical) exploitation
- j45 3y agoYou either own your car and the connectivity to it, or you don’t. Your driving data and history should be yours alone and not in a cloud available to third parties directly or indirectly Tesla is unique in that they do improve the vehicles over software. But those notifications could be sent to a phone to allow.
- x86x87 3y agoTesla is not unique by any means. Cars nowadays are cellphones on wheels. Software updates are common. What is not common is Tesla's yolo attitude - in the car industry.
- JohnFen 3y agoSadly, this is true, and is why I won't buy any newish cars.
- vGPU 3y agoA nice perk of 3g going away is that you can buy new-ish cars that won’t be able to connect to the cellular network anyhow. Toyota for example didn’t update some of their models to 4g until 2019.
- x86x87 3y agoThis is the big brain level of thinking that we need! Is there a way to see which cars use 3g?
- vGPU 3y agoJust search car name + 3g, discontinuation of SOS, etc. Here’s an example from Toyota that lists all the good years: https://www.toyota.com/audio-multimedia/support/3g-faq/ https://www.toyota.com/audio-multimedia/support/3g-faq/
- hoseja 3y agoThis, but also Tesla won several bogus high-profile cases with the data they siphon off the vehicles. Hard position.
- huytersd 3y agoCan you just rip out all internet connectivity from the Tesla and will it still work?
- somedude895 3y agoIt does work without internet connectivity, yes.
- ratg13 3y agoYou can just take out the SIM card