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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honestly the closest thing I can think of is the fact that techically every Tesla is a compute node for Tesla that can be tasked to not only process local data but also other cars data.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's a great observation. They've put a lot of resources into their OTA update system. They could abuse that for lots of other things like distributed computing if it were profitable for them to do so, even if it introduces additional risk for their drivers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh they explicitly do that now. They talked about at length during a share holder meeting and its why hackers were able to find another cars photos on the systems they've exploited.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Damn that's wild