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Teslas Can Still Be Stolen With a Cheap Radio Hack—Despite New Keyless Tech (www.wired.com)

submitted 6 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

but I do not fear these attacks at all. chances of a thief actually being able to use or sell the vehicle are very slim.

Dreamer. Even thieves know what they are doing.

Cars are actually stolen. Teslas are actually stolen. That's no news.

The news is (once more) how Massa Elon was bragging about technology and didn't deliver it.

[–] darganon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Teslas are at or very near the bottom of often stolen car lists, by a wide margin.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Now hear me out, do you think that might have something to do with their market share relative to ALL other cars on the road?

When a KIA gets stolen, the owner will likely get it back, although probably a lot more worse for wear.

Thieves using relay attacks are most likely part of, or connected to, professional auto theft groups e.g. chop shops, overseas car markets, etc.

[–] darganon@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

No, because they normalize and have a relative metric.

The most stolen car is an SRT hellcat, which has a total production run well under Model 3 production in a single quarter.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

So? It's not quite the point here, but it seems that even thieves got some taste.

[–] Nexz@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago

I know! But Teslas are still connected to ‘Homebase’. I’m looking at it like Apple. Steal an iPhone? They’ll brick it remotely. This does scare thieves, one way or another. If there is a thief that is able to negate all the remote interception capabilities, sure… but the numbers of the people capable of that are low.