Easy solution to your worries: don't buy a Tesla. All other modern cars also spy on you of course, but you should still not buy a Tesla. Ideally get a bike.
Tesla is the worst, but you should also avoid Kia and Hyundai. Which is a shame, since they make the best EVs, and as much as I'm a huge fan of !fuckcars@lemmy.world and urbanism, when you live someone highly car dependent, having an EV is at least better than an ICE vehicle in some small ways.
Incidentally, the best brands for privacy are Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Isuzu.
Along with your phone, laptop - everyone else's phones, tablets, laptops, doorbell cams - probably every security camera in every business that is connected to the internet. Every police car you pass on the road records your car's license plate number and maybe takes a picture of the driver...
hypothetically a hacker (given enough time and effort, perhaps infinite monkey typing amounts) could force an update to Tesla's and make them all go petal to the floor. Or send them all to a specific location and honk their horn. It could've already happened and we just don't know what or when it will happen.* Hell, Elon himself could send 20 Tesla's full speed into someone's house to kill them because they called him dumb on Twitter and probably get off with just a fine.
*cyber security people don't scream at me for the logistics of this. It's just for fun, I know there are fail-safes and stuff.
I'm not sure why this shocks people. It's definitely not new or tesla specific.
Does your car have an app that let's you see data from your car or do anything to remotely control it like unlock the doors? then that can be done by the car company that runs the backend the app communicates with.
It's also not limited to app based things, cars have had this since OnStar was a thing. It's just much more obvious these days.
No cause my car is a 2004 350Z.
No privacy invading data collection; hell, it doesn't even have an internet connection. Just a 300BHP front-mid engine with near perfect 50:50 weight distribution, multi-link double wishbone suspension, hydraulic rack and pinion steering, rear wheel drive, LSD, and a six speed manual transmission. Everything a proper car should have; nothing more, nothing less.
I read this in a 'sexy man TV car ad™️' voice lol
My car is a 2016 Kia Soul and it has Bluetooth which is essentially all I need other than a cupholder and some seats. I don't really carry much in it other than groceries, my school bags, and occasionally a unicycle.
I agree. I read this same article yesterday and instead cringed because of blatant ass kissing. My bigger question is why does the CEO himself personally have to remote unlock the vehicle?
There's also a line in that article (ABC) that reads something like "The son of President Donald Trump and CEO of Trump Enterprises, Don Jr, had this to say on Twitter:"
Bet Elon Musk definitely giving girlfriends Teslas just to spy on them.
Corporate Governance
Get used to it kids because the regulatory agencies are on the chopping block. That means the only organization deciding how much lead is okay in your food is the giant corporation that makes it.
In a better world nobody would buy/drive his cars from now on. Not that it hasn't been clear for a while that everything happening in and around that car is public domain at Tesla HQ. Like with the footage of people dying and fucking in the cars that was sent around office.
You have nothing to hide if you arent doing anything wrong!
Unless its popular to hate this particular guy, then surveillance is evil.
Sorry, are you under the bizarre impression that the surveillance state is popular on Lemmy?
Seems like people agree with you
Musk sent a powerful message to all Tesla owners with this stunt. I hope everyone's listening.
Terribly optimistic of you to assume Tesla owners will take anything at all away from this other than how risky it is to rent out your Tesla.
Most modern cars have the ability to do remote unlock via Onstar/Starlink/Assist/Bluelink/etc.
They aren't.
