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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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How to hack your Tesla (youtu.be)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Unlock heated seats and full diagnostics by turning off the power to the amd chip exactly when it's checking authorization. This exploit is very tricky though and requires soldering three wires to the board, so not for the faint of heart.

This is the full talk of the article posted on lemmy a few months ago, but Black Hat only recently posted the full video.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

turning off the power to the amd chip exactly when it's checking authorization

I'm sorry, are you telling me that jailbreaking a Tesla is as simple as duplicating Pokémon in Gold and Silver?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The more things change, the more they stay the same, I suppose.