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Re:Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019: Tesla, VMWare, Microsoft, and more by untog on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:05PM (#18912676)
I'd argue those aren't quite equivalent. If I was the passenger in a Tesla taxi I might be able to plug something in to add tracking software or who knows what to the car without the driver knowing. As autopilot improves I might be able to tell the car to up and drive over to my house in the middle of the night. Not exactly the same as cutting brake lines.
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Re:Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019: Tesla, VMWare, Microsoft, and more by danpalmer on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:07PM (#18912702)
The compute module is under the back seat in the Model 3 I believe. That's all of the major components, might be tricky but someone who doesn't care about damaging the seat may well be able to get in unnoticed while riding in a Tesla taxi.
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Re:Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019: Tesla, VMWare, Microsoft, and more by thebluehawk on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @01:00PM (#18913276)
It's in the dash. You have to remove the glovebox and several pieces of the dash. For some reason I think the taxi driver would notice you disassembling his car.
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Re:Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019: Tesla, VMWare, Microsoft, and more by Joky on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:13PM (#18912760)
It is behind the glovebox
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Re:Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019: Tesla, VMWare, Microsoft, and more by gibolt on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:14PM (#18912771)
Is access to it lockable? Would be useful for a taxi usecase
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Re:Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019: Tesla, VMWare, Microsoft, and more by billhathaway on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:48PM (#18915751)
In the model 3, the only way to access the glovebox is to press the button on the console. I'm sure this would be disabled when in self-driving taxi mode.
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Re:Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019: Tesla, VMWare, Microsoft, and more by hathawsh on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @01:12PM (#18913390)
FWIW, the Tesla model 3 has an internal camera (probably more than one) that Tesla probably plans to use to observe the occupants when in self-driving taxi mode. I think the camera would deter most high tech vandals.
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Re:Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019: Tesla, VMWare, Microsoft, and more by sixstringtheory on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @01:56PM (#18913801)
Just remeber when you’re recording your dummy loop to play back while you pwn, make sure no flies land on the camera lens!
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