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Hacker May Have Discovered Plans For A Tesla P100D (jalopnik.com)
One computer wiz claims to have hacked into Tesla's firmware and discovered a reference to a juicier battery. Self-proclaimed white hat hacker, Jason Hughes, says he discovered a secret in Tesla's firmware 7.1, but he didn't want to tell the world outright what he discovered, so he made Tesla Motors Club forum-members work for it by obfuscating the secret with a hash. TheSHA256 hash, a one-way function, would either require forum members to guess and check to decrypt this code, or to look it up in a hash directory. Forum member LuckyLuke decrypted Hughes' hash and discovered its meaning: P100D. P100D is the nickname given to Tesla's upcoming 100-kWh battery pack that would give the Model S a range of 300 miles or more. In response to a fellow forum-member decrypting his secret code, Hughes responded on Twitter. On the forum, Hughes had some additional information to mention, saying: There have been references to the P100D in firmwares as early as 2 months ago. They finally added the badges to 2.13.77. I mucked it up a bit by adding a crappy background (it's a PNG with transparency in the firmware)... There are quite a few things that are in the firmware that I'm not prepared to share publicly. Just like the P100D has been in there for months with my lips mostly sealed. I don't want to spoil all of Tesla's surprises.
He's being awfully "cagey" about it considering he gave most of it away anything. Sounds like an attention seeker.
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1. Are you actually white hat if you're spilling secrets that aren't yours to tell?
2. What the heck is a P100D? Couldn't that be squeezed somewhere in the paragraph?
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Seems the guys' Tesla automagically downgraded its firmware after the discovery was made public. Musk's answer is priceless.
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"We don’t know how he did it, but forum member LuckyLuke decrypted Hughes’ hash and discovered its meaning: P100D."
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Tried to give a shit - even read TFA - can't give a shit. Laaaaaaaaaaame.
Is there a site to download the firmware and manually update, or is this a "connect your car to your home wifi" type situation?
That "hacker" sounds like a fucktard too.
i think it should be illegal to publish info obtained illegally but that's just me.
Aren't they -- by design -- one-way?
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The next Tesla S is model name P100D. The Tesla S P100D.
I pour one out for my home every Denzel Day.
Dammit I won't consider an electric car until it can do at least 100 miles one one charge!
What? Oh okay.
Dammit I won't consider an electric car until it can do at least 200 miles one one charge!
What? Really? 200miles? Already. No I definitely did not say 100 miles previously. Okay.
Dammit I won't consider an electric car until it can do at least 300 miles on one charge! AND I reserve my right to change my view with every new breakthrough in the electric car market!
This company would not be around today if not for a hand out from Barry Obama.
People ought to own the cars they buy including the software in the cars. The published software should have been published as free software in the first place. Stop making excuses against customers stuck with proprietary software. It was Tesla's choice to put that information into the software, but there are more important issues than future products at stake here: It's only a matter of time until we learn of more ripoffs ala VW's recent gaming the environmental reviews. The thing that ties these issues together is that proprietary software makes it all of a piece.
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I have no idea why they are making electric cars. What they need to do is make an electric van and an electric truck.
When a new fuel source comes out you target industry first rather than domestic, it happened with petrol and diesel. Commercial has the money to buy your vans and trucks rather than a select group of rich people, they have the resources to make a demand for charging stations at fixed points around the locations they need usually large population centers.
After they have laid down the infrastructure it much easier to then start making and selling domestic vehicles as well as the infrastructure to power them is now common place due to the demand from industry.
"The published software should have been published as free software in the first place."
That's a wonderful fantasy world you live in. What color is the sky?
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Found in battery firmware!... Tesla's new battery will be called
>>> NSAKEY <<<
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"One computer wiz claims..."
Wait - I thought we stopped using that term back in the 80's.
Can we stop calling everyone who searches for strings in a ROM a "computer wiz"? Please?
And released his finds damaging the company owning the software. White hat has gotten a new meaing I gather.
"I don't want to give away the secret outright, I'd rather make a stupid game, where people have to work for it, and troll about how there is much more where that came from"
Just another troll, ban him, sue him, and fry his ass.
Would it be considered insider training if this guy used his knowledge gleaned from hacking firmware to invest in the stock market accordingly to these "supposed" secrets?
GE bought up a handful of battery patents that are claimed to be up to 500kW and self charge over time. The old guy that invented it died thinking his inventions went to bettering man-kind. GE locked it up and won't be letting anyone touch (or know about it) for a long time. Probably until oil runs out.
So... Some hacker checked the firmware with a hex editor and found a reference to a battery... Whoopie fucking do.