Researchers hack Tesla's infotainment system and get paid upgrades for free
They also managed to retrieve private user data; the team's research is just beginningIn what sounds like the automotive equivalent of circumventing an online paywall, researchers haveTesla's infotainment system to unlock some of the features the brand normally charges for. The team behind the effort is scheduled to present its findings at a conference in Las Vegas.
"We are not the evil outsider, but we're actually the insider; we own the car. And, we don't want to pay these $300 for the rear heated seats," he told the publication. He added that his team got heated rear seats for free by digging into the hardware that the system is based on. More alarmingly, this trick gave the researches access to a host of personal data stored in the car's infotainment system. This includes the driver's list of contacts, calendar appointments, call logs, Wi-Fi passwords, and even some of the locations that the car traveled to.they might be able to gain access to additional paid features, including the Full Self-Driving capability.
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