I'm hoping my Tesla is hack proof. i would hate to have a hacker turn the car off while I am on the freeway. Not good!
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Tesla likely has security measures in place that would notify Tesla and the owner of the vehicle immediately if someone was trying to hack into a Tesla. If this doesn't already exist, it should, and would likely be easy to implement. Perhaps something as simple as a weight sensor that makes sure the vehicle can't start unless a user specific password (and/or fingerprint?) is entered, if someone isn't in the seat, assuming it isn't already there? Anything can be hacked. A problem exists if it can be hacked without Tesla or the owner noticing.
This is what I would call the iPhone finger print sensor hack fallacy. When Apple added the fingerprint sensor, people said theifs would go around cutting off people's fingers, or would be able to steal someone's finger print from a cup or whatever and use it to break into their phone. :/ How many incidents of this have there been? Probably close to 0.
Reports I read this morning indicate that the supposed hacking requires the hacker to get physical access to your car and tinker with the devices. If that is true, that is quite lame and why is it even called hacking?
Regardless of the issues found with the Model S, he still considers it “the most secure car that we’ve seen.”
Correction: Though the researchers contended that Tesla does not sign its firmware updates, Tesla has informed WIRED that it does sign its updates. The story has been updated to reflect this.