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by Kozoxy 2802 days ago
People's safety isn't something to be iterated.

Any security patch will already come too late -- when it comes to cars, it must not have security problems to begin with.

The cybersecurity model just isn't safe for this. It's up to them to fix this, not me.

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> People's safety isn't something to be iterated.

Look into the history of automotive safety to understand how ridiculous this sounds. Cars were total death traps for many, many decades.

"It must not have security problems to begin with"

No product is bulletproof from a security standpoint, and there's no way to make something bulletproof. What are you suggesting they do?

Tesla absolutely launched their over-the-air capabilities without sufficient planning. If you look at the early Keen Labs presentations[0] it's insane that it was launched the way it was. At least they added code signing later...

[0] https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-17/thursday/us-17-Nie-Free-...

They did OTAs without code signing? That's an unprecedented level of incompetency! What were they thinking?