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A group of researchers found a way to hack a Tesla's hardware with the goal of getting free in-car upgrades, such as heated rear seats.

Researchers jailbreak a Tesla to get free in-car feature upgrades::A group of researchers found a way to hack a Tesla’s hardware with the goal of getting free in-car upgrades, such as heated rear seats.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1272·
    1 year ago

    Same reason it’s legal for HP to brick your printer if you use third party ink. You violated their shitty TOS that none of us read because it’s 80 pages of legalese, but you agreed to it.

    • Jarmer@slrpnk.netEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      hmmm yes I suppose that’s true. Okay so let me rephrase: I’m amazed it’s legal for a car manufacturer to even HAVE a TOS like that when you purchase a car. It shouldn’t be legal to write language like “you are purchasing this but agreeing that you can’t use it” … wtf?

        • Matt Shatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          “Don’t like it? Move”

          That’s the same dangerous logic. Heaven forbid people try to make things better.

        • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          1 year ago

          First they enshittified Tesla and I didn’t care cuz I didn’t buy Tesla

          Then they enshittified GM and I didn’t care cuz I didn’t like GM

          Then they enshittified Toyota and I didn’t care cuz I didn’t buy Toyota

          …

          Then they’d enshittified everything, and since they also cut all corporate taxes and subsidized the oil companies my town has no public transit and I walk by the side of the road.

    • Nioxic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      Lets be fair

      TOSs you need two lawyers and an ai chatbot to explain to you, shouldnt be legal vs regular citizens.

      They cannot expect anyone to read all TOS they get thrown in their face throughout a lifetime. Let alone understand them. Its often not written super clearly and not all users can even read the language very well to begin with.