• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    but I do not fear these attacks at all. chances of a thief actually being able to use or sell the vehicle are very slim.

    Dreamer. Even thieves know what they are doing.

    Cars are actually stolen. Teslas are actually stolen. That’s no news.

    The news is (once more) how Massa Elon was bragging about technology and didn’t deliver it.

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      5 months ago

      Teslas are at or very near the bottom of often stolen car lists, by a wide margin.

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        5 months ago

        Now hear me out, do you think that might have something to do with their market share relative to ALL other cars on the road?

        When a KIA gets stolen, the owner will likely get it back, although probably a lot more worse for wear.

        Thieves using relay attacks are most likely part of, or connected to, professional auto theft groups e.g. chop shops, overseas car markets, etc.

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          5 months ago

          No, because they normalize and have a relative metric.

          The most stolen car is an SRT hellcat, which has a total production run well under Model 3 production in a single quarter.

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      5 months ago

      I know! But Teslas are still connected to ‘Homebase’. I’m looking at it like Apple. Steal an iPhone? They’ll brick it remotely. This does scare thieves, one way or another. If there is a thief that is able to negate all the remote interception capabilities, sure… but the numbers of the people capable of that are low.