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What was deleted was the compiled file sent to Tesla, not all the bits of data that it came from. Nothing malicious in that, just code not leaving trash around
by LorenPechtel 1y ago
What was deleted was the compiled file sent to Tesla, not all the bits of data that it came from. Nothing malicious in that, just code not leaving trash around.
- throwanem 1y agoWell, thank goodness for that. Wouldn't want to die in a car crash with an untidy filesystem, just like Mama always said.
- pnt12 1y agoThis is baffling. Those files are the most important information the car contains after an accident. Let's not be naive, or deceptive, about a malpractice from a multi billion company owned by a multi billionaire.
- LorenPechtel 1y agoThey did not erase the original data, only the compiled file that was sent. That's just proper coding, clean up your temporary files!
- danso 1y agoThe file was reportedly named "snapshot_collision_airbag-deployment.tar", which indicates that the developers are able to know that this particular event is a terminal one. Is it really necessary to be mindful of a few GB of storage space on a device that will likely never again to record data for its host vehicle?
- LorenPechtel 1y agoWhatever named the file knew it was a bad event, but that doesn't mean the routine to transmit an incident had a special case for this.