Tesla Hackers Find ‘Unpatchable’ Jailbreak to Unlock Paid Features for Free::A group of security researchers claim to have found an “unpatchable” jailbreak for some Tesla vehicles, potentially unlocking in-car purchases

    • riesendulli@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Insurance will gladly deny you in case of accidents containing your licensed and jailbroken device. Don’t buy this shit in the first place

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        It would be incumbent on the insurance company to prove that you willfully circumvented the system. Given an accident serious enough, the Tesla’s computer could be physically damaged to the point where no data could be retrieved.

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            Insurance is generally not in the business of breaking contracts. If they have a legitimate reason to not pay, they won’t, but they won’t screw you over just because they don’t feel like paying. The risk is too high

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              Ummm… Insurance companies are all about finding ways to not pay and breaking contracts. You think average Joe can spend millions going against insurance companies lawyers? And what risk? They can hold people in court until they break them or they die broke from fighting insurance companies. Hell, my mother’s life insurance didn’t wanna pay and we had to get a lawyer just to make them pay a pretty straight Forward insurance policy.

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              Insurances don’t want to lose in court but they will investigate and find reasons to deny a payout.

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        Insurance would have to prove the modification caused the accident by disabiling some safety mechanism.

        Legally, software mods and hardware mods are no different, and people have been modifying their cars well before you could hack a seat heater on.

        Modifying your car isn’t a valid reason to yank coverage in most circumstances.

        Even making your car faster isn’t enough, assuming your mods are street legal.