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Tesla Model S Has Hidden Ethernet Port, User Runs Firefox On the 17" Screen

Posted by timothy on from the wardriving-in-style dept.

New submitter FikseGTS (3604833) writes "A Tesla Model S owner located a 4 pin connector on the left side of the Tesla Model S dashboard that turns out to be a disguised ethernet networking port. After crafting his owns patch cable to connect with the Tesla's port, a networking connection was established between the Tesla Model S and a laptop computer. The Model S is running a 100 Mbps, full duplex ethernet network and 3 devices were found with assigned IP addresses in the 192.168.90.0 subnet. Some ports and services that were open on the devices were 22 (SSH), 23 (telnet),53 (open domain), 80 (HTTP), 111 (rpcbind), 2049 (NFS), 6000 (X11). Port 80 was serving up a web page with the image or media of the current song being played. The operating system is modified version of Ubuntu using an ext3 filesystem. Using X11 it also appears that someone was able to somewhat run Firefox on both of the Model S screens. Is a jailbroken Tesla Model S on the way?" Some more details on this front would be appreciated, for anyone who has a Tesla they'd like to explore.

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  1. SkyNet is here by Laxori666 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Teslas will be the front-line soldiers when skynet finally awakes and claims its birth-right.

    1. Re:SkyNet is here by nopainogain · · Score: 2, Funny

      the first time one transforms like Bumblebee I am going to be really upset.

  2. damn hackers, don't they know this is *dangerous*? by meeotch · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the love of God, if you're going to hack while driving, at least get yourself a safety device.

  3. Re:Why Ubuntu?! by lgw · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pretty sure nothing bad will happen

    BRB, bricking my $100k car ...

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  4. Re:Why Ubuntu?! by Redmancometh · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I would feel safer on the road with CentOS. :P"

    "Bug report: Won't turn left"

    To turn left please turn the steering wheel two times to the left, press the brake, and then turn the steering wheel to the right. This is a feature to prevent accidental left turns.

    "Bug report closed"

  5. Re:Why Ubuntu?! by mysidia · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that the Kay Sievers reply?

    Closed: Wontfix, Not a bug

    Again, move discussions to the mailing list; this is a bug tracker, but there is no bug to track or fix here.

  6. Re:Why Ubuntu?! by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would feel safer on the road with CentOS.

    What, you want your car to last 10 years?

    Quick, somebody come up with a car analogy to explain this...

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  7. Re:Should void warranty by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Funny

    If the attacker loaded up a whole playlist full of Justin Bieber? you be your will be in a buttload of trouble if you lose touchscreen control...

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  8. Re:Why Ubuntu?! by at_slashdot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Left is a generic term.

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  9. Re:Why Ubuntu?! by ClickOnThis · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to know how he matched up the pins and the baud rate.

    Grandpa ... I told you not to post to /. until after you took your metamucil.

    JK :-P

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  10. Re:While driving? by ClickOnThis · · Score: 4, Funny

    totally separate

    We have a word for that. It's "separate."

    Yes! Thank you! Redundant superlatives are a bugaboo of mine too. Our struggle against them never ends.

    It's a shame. People like us are really unique.

    Wait...

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