How to Steal a Tesla and What You Should Do to Protect Yourself

It’s possible to unlock and start a Tesla using only using a driver’s App username and password (without the need of a key nor the pincode to unlock the onboard dashboard!)

Let this be a reminder to never trust free Wifi; especially not Wifi that requires you to “log in” (*). Also: Services like these need 2FA …

(*) If you really need to then I suggest trying to log in with a false username/password combo … if you’re in (using that false info) it’s rogue. Additionally: Whenever you’re on free Wifi, use a VPN.

Published by Bramus!

Bramus is a frontend web developer from Belgium, working as a Chrome Developer Relations Engineer at Google. From the moment he discovered view-source at the age of 14 (way back in 1997), he fell in love with the web and has been tinkering with it ever since (more …)

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