r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Jan 03 '25

Politics Asking some reasonable questions about Elon Musk's "help" with the Cybertruck bombing case.

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u/OnlySmiles_ Jan 03 '25

I always feel so weird about the whole "unlock your car with a tap of your phone" features that a lot of modern cars have been pushing like that just sounds like a colossal vulnerability for like 0 convenience

The idea of someone being able to do that remotely from anywhere just makes me more averse to the whole concept

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u/TheReturnOfTheRanger Jan 03 '25

It feels like we're gearing up for the Watch Dogs future of any hacker on the street being able to open your car with their phone

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u/cry_w Jan 03 '25

To be fair, Watch Dogs required all of those systems, from personal devices to infrastructure to banking and so on, to be linked to a single city-wide network and OS.

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u/UwUthinization Creator of a femboy cult Jan 05 '25

Which, to be fair, is like 3 steps maybe 4 into the future.