ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoUnpatchable AMD Chip Flaw Unlocks Paid Tesla Feature Upgradeswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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Original source: https://www.blackhat.com/us-23/briefings/schedule/index.html#jailbreaking-an-electric-vehicle-in--or-what-it-means-to-hotwire-teslas-x-based-seat-heater-33049
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoIf all electric cars are just going to be subscription bullshit, I’m sorry, I won’t be driving electric.
minus-squarejetsetdorito@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoEven ICE manufacturers have been including hardware that software disabled for a while
minus-squarefinder@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoThere are some manufacturers that do not do this garbage, or at least not often. I’ve heard good things about Hyundai specifically.
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoTesla got rid of the heater subscription bullshit in 2021. Now, the only thing locked behind a paywall is internet related stuff (sentry over mobile, streaming media access, etc.), the performance boost, and FSD.
minus-squareJmr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoBut if the car is completely capable of habe that performance, why should people pay for it.
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoOh I’m just correcting the article. Facts are better than fiction for conversations about reality.
If all electric cars are just going to be subscription bullshit, I’m sorry, I won’t be driving electric.
Even ICE manufacturers have been including hardware that software disabled for a while
There are some manufacturers that do not do this garbage, or at least not often. I’ve heard good things about Hyundai specifically.
Tesla got rid of the heater subscription bullshit in 2021. Now, the only thing locked behind a paywall is internet related stuff (sentry over mobile, streaming media access, etc.), the performance boost, and FSD.
But if the car is completely capable of habe that performance, why should people pay for it.
Oh I’m just correcting the article. Facts are better than fiction for conversations about reality.