[jfrankamp]

Does anyone know if the glib answer works? Does the steering column selector stalk go through the ui (and therefore is interceptable by the supposedly compromised interface) or is it directly connected to the 'backend' below?

Calling the critical ui interface the 'infotainment' system for a tesla is slightly misleading.

[filoleg]

>Does the steering column selector stalk go through the ui (and therefore is interceptable by the supposedly compromised interface) or is it directly connected to the 'backend' below?

It is directly connected to the 'backend' below and doesn't go through the infotainment system/UI.

You can manually kick off a reboot of the infotainment system on a Tesla while you are waiting at a traffic light, and still drive like usual just fine if the light goes green a second after. The only non-functional stuff will be the visuals on the screen and anything infotainment related (like playing music). All driving aspects are preserved even with the infotainment system being broken/in the middle of a reboot.