Tesla Model 3 Modded To Run Ubuntu (cleantechnica.com)

140Mandak262Jamuna writes: CleanTechnica is reporting that someone hacked the infotainment system of a Tesla Model 3 and got root access and installed Linux distribution Ubuntu. Redditor trsohmers is able to show an Ubuntu command shell running alongside the Tesla OS. Since Tesla supports a browser that allows you to visit any site, could this be leveraged into remote hacks? It could also mean that if Tesla sells a long-range version of the Model 3, but limits it via software, people might try to remove the block. One could potentially get a 15-day trial of full self-driving for free and extend that 15-day window forever. At least he had some guts messing with $50,000 hardware that phones home all the time. Will Tesla brick his car to attempt to disprove the security issue?

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Re:Feature not bug

[DeBaas]

Next headline:
Bottle of Heineken contains beer, a guy says after opening it...

now that would be news!

Finally, what every linux fanatic dreams of

[bobstreo]

The year of the Dashboard! /s