the parental control [...] could almost entirely control the car, including its speed

They assume kids in the driver seat who need to be controlled? How weird is that??

The fact these controls exist at all is a fucking nightmare. How are these vehicles legally sold? This technology should illegal I'm vehicles.

Musk should have to write a check for $1 billion to her.

I'm not kidding. That's how we have to punish billionaires. Every infraction is a minimum $1 billion payout to each person.

What the hell? Why hasn't she changed her password yet?

Aha, the article explains:

After having trouble navigating the technology, Stacey was offered help from Pucci, who said he would need the car to be registered in his name so “he could take control of the Tesla app to ‘assist her’”.

This is why we reset our vehicles when an employee leaves. Probably should do the same when you have a messy breakup.

Remember kids, if you give full control of you car to someone else you will have a bad time.

Oh look another reason for my "reasons to not buy modern cars" pile.

Made a video about this story for my channel this week, but it's just a good reminder to be extra-cautious with anything that can be operated remotely: Revoke unauthorized profiles, change passwords often, check for hidden profiles, etc. If you don't know how to do that yourself, go to the dealership and get help.

This is why I like my old Jeep. It's manual. It's got great "security". I always say it's got an alarm system; because any small time thief would yell out of frustration. When I travel, I pull out the clutch pedal and take fuel relay out and unplug the battery and leave it in 4lo lol. Oh yeah and you have to unplug the clutch pedal fuse for it to start. If the battery has been unplugged, then you got remap the ECU which takes like a half hour of my shovel wedged against the gas pedal unless you want the engine stalling out every time you take your foot of the pedal. It's also one of the rare colors, as in only 2000 made with dicks, I'm very childish, carved in hard to see spots to make it a nightmare for part thieves. So if you steal it, pretty much with a tow truck, it's like putting a bullseye on yourself.

The point was, there's no controlling that. I don't like all the new tech put into cars.

Add it to the ever-growing pile of why fly-by-wire for cars is and always will be a bad idea.

And here I was mad that I could only find Android Auto head units when the radio in my 15 year old car died.

This sounds like a nightmare.

Enrico Pucci was able to control his former partner’s electric car remotely, controlling its speed, temperature settings and lock

Smart devices are for dumb people.

I'm sure there's some online fora and FB groups for absolute psychofuck narcissists who will go to great lengths to terrorize their supposed partners and children, and exchange awful ideas on how to keep them on a leash, and this includes the above takeover of a fucking Tesla.

Reminded me of a claimed incident where a reporter or whistle blower was killed by their car. thought it was weird that it wasn't bigger news.

edit: tried searching for it. Not Hastings or that ABC conspiracy. Though perhaps something was up with Hastings but that's a whole other mess.