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"the hack requires physical access to the circuit board, removing and reinstalling it without damage, and soldering skills. Therefore, such an attack would not

"the hack requires physical access to the circuit board, removing and reinstalling it without damage, and soldering skills. Therefore, such an attack would not be very practical outside the laboratory ". If it upgrades features, there will be a market for "jailbreak my Tesla".

zoky 3y ago
But it costs all of $600! Do you really think someone who just dropped $40,000+ on a ridiculous status symbol is going to want to blow another six whole Benjamins to enable completely unnecessary and buggy features?
- dgellow 3y ago
  For sure, yes. That’s the statuest status symbol ever. Having a luxurious item that you modified to have unique features?! For only 600$ more?
- jona-f 3y ago
  No idea where the 600$ come from, they did it with a laptop and a teensy. That article is pretty much garbage, referencing "spiegel", which itself is pretty clueless about this kind of stuff. This whole "elon mode" thing is their own clickbait spin, it's much less prominent in the original work.
sfritz 3y ago
some are willing to bear the risk of bricking their phone. far fewer will accept the risk against the cost of their luxury car
devmor 3y ago
Absolutely correct. Back when phones were “hard” to jailbreak I made quite a bit of side cash doing it for people at the campus cafeteria. Obviously you’ll need more room for a car, but the market will form.
toyg 3y ago
Good luck insuring such a modified vehicle, without brazenly lying about the fact.
- whatevaa 3y ago
  Good luck for the insurance attempting to verify whether you are lying or not.
- prepend 3y ago
  I think everyone will have great luck insuring based on my experience of never having an insurance company ask me about after market mods. Many years ago, I used to have a custom chip to increase hp, turbo and other tuning. I had my car serviced under warranty by just swapping the chip out before dealer visits. I don’t think this is a practical concern.
magpie_mcgee 3y ago
Prescient https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWQL_XORalY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWQL_XORalY

zoky 3y ago

But it costs all of $600! Do you really think someone who just dropped $40,000+ on a ridiculous status symbol is going to want to blow another six whole Benjamins to enable completely unnecessary and buggy features?

dgellow 3y ago
For sure, yes. That’s the statuest status symbol ever. Having a luxurious item that you modified to have unique features?! For only 600$ more?
jona-f 3y ago
No idea where the 600$ come from, they did it with a laptop and a teensy. That article is pretty much garbage, referencing "spiegel", which itself is pretty clueless about this kind of stuff. This whole "elon mode" thing is their own clickbait spin, it's much less prominent in the original work.

sfritz 3y ago

some are willing to bear the risk of bricking their phone. far fewer will accept the risk against the cost of their luxury car

devmor 3y ago

Absolutely correct. Back when phones were “hard” to jailbreak I made quite a bit of side cash doing it for people at the campus cafeteria. Obviously you’ll need more room for a car, but the market will form.

toyg 3y ago

Good luck insuring such a modified vehicle, without brazenly lying about the fact.

whatevaa 3y ago
Good luck for the insurance attempting to verify whether you are lying or not.
prepend 3y ago
I think everyone will have great luck insuring based on my experience of never having an insurance company ask me about after market mods. Many years ago, I used to have a custom chip to increase hp, turbo and other tuning. I had my car serviced under warranty by just swapping the chip out before dealer visits. I don’t think this is a practical concern.

magpie_mcgee 3y ago

Prescient https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWQL_XORalY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWQL_XORalY