1mo ago

Thousands Of Tesla EVs Can Be Located In Real Time, Security Researcher Finds

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I know we all hate Teslas, but in this particular case it’s user error. It’s an open source tool that owners can deploy on their own to track their vehicle’s performance and metrics. The researcher basically found a lot of instances of the tool deployed in the public internet without any authentication set up.
Last time I checked, Teslas always emit a Bluetooth ID, so it's possible to crowdsource Tesla car tracking.
And by "possible," I mean "already done"!
- You have to be pretty close to use Bluetooth to identify a car. If you're that close, you can likely identify the car by looking at it and uniquely identify it with its license plate.
  Like, this is technically an issue unique to Tesla, but it's so very close to what license plate readers can already do that I don't really see an issue with this.