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Tesla said it didn't have key data in a fatal crash, then a hacker found it

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650 points clcaev | 2 comments | 29 Aug 25 11:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.561s | source
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throw7 ◴[29 Aug 25 13:47 UTC] No.45064079[source]▶
After reading the article, I am never buying a Tesla.

Props to greenthehacker. may you sip Starbuck's venti-size hot chocolates for many years to come.

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lexicality ◴[29 Aug 25 13:59 UTC] No.45064236[source]▶
Were you considering buying one before today? I'm curious as to what's different about this autopilot death compared to all the other autopilot deaths that have happened previously. Personally for me it was when the guy in Florida got decapitated when his car drove under a semitruck that made me never want to get in one again.
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1. terminalshort ◴[29 Aug 25 14:51 UTC] No.45064909[source]▶
I'm curious as to what's different about any of the autopilot deaths and the 40,000 non-autopilot car wreck deaths that happen every year in the US other than the fact that one is considered news and the other isn't. I'm also curious as to how this would ever affect anyone's decision to buy a Tesla given that use of autopilot / FSD is entirely optional.
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2. lexicality ◴[29 Aug 25 17:13 UTC] No.45066772[source]▶
The difference is we expect people to be stupid, and we expect something called "full self driving" that's advertised as safer than humans to be safe and not decapitate the driver