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How one woman’s Tesla was remotely controlled – and used to harass her – by an abusive ex-partner (www.theguardian.com)
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“You thought you’d get away with this. I am in your car. I am in your maps,” he shouted at her, according to the police records.

Over the coming days, Stacey found that the parental control profile, to which she had no access, could almost entirely control the car, including its speed, climate control, lock and curfew hours, determining when the car could be driven.

Between 6 and 12 November 2025, Pucci remotely alternated the car’s temperature setting between extremely cold and extremely hot.

“The victim has not been able to drive certain speeds and on most recent occasions throughout this period, [the accused] has turned on ‘Valet Mode’ which immediately reduces the speed to 40km per hour causing significant safety issues for the victim on the road”, the police documents stated.

“The victim has not had any control of her vehicle since she noticed the parental control profile added on the 1st November 2025.

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[-] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 12 points 6 days ago

The almost universal standard around the world is between 15 and 16 years old

No. It is 18. The universe, btw, is outside of your weird little province in that weird country where they still use body parts for measurement units.

And as soon someone is driving on public roads with a legal license, everything that the car does or does not is his own personal responsibility, not the parents. They have to leave their fingers out.

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social -5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Maybe you're right, don't really care because it's not very relevant to the article. I looked up Australia which is where this article is about, and Tesla is based on the US... and 15-16 is the case in both places, so thats all that really matters for the discussion.

I made the assumption about it being more common based on verifying the place the article is about and my own experience when traveling internationally.

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social -2 points 6 days ago

You realize the article is about Australia right? Clearly you didn't even bother to read it since it mentions Sydney in the first paragraph.

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