Tesla Owner Confirms Critical Vulnerability in “Smart Summon”

The latest firmware update forced on Tesla owners, with no option to rollback, has a critical denial of service vulnerability. Here is my favorite part of this sad story:

Upon receiving Tesla firmware version v12.5.4.1, something broke and his car will no longer move.

This version of the software did make changes to both Actually Smart Summon and the old “Dumb” summon.

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Now, he walks places instead of driving, though that that won’t remain an option as the Nova Scotian winter sets in.

He walks now instead of driving.

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