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A week ago in Vancouver, Canada, the owner of a Tesla Model 3 is thinking of getting in and starting his own car. It must be said that many of these models are white and all look alike. Above all, he does not change his habits since he opens the car using the brand’s mobile application, like every day. This allows you to use your phone as a key. This even allows him to start the car and drive away.
It is only a few minutes later that he realizes that it is not his car. Rajesh Pandev then contacts the owner of the borrowed vehicle. The latter had also managed to unlock Pandev’s car. According to the Washington Post, the other owner then sent him, “I think you’re driving the wrong car.”
Allowed on at least two cars
To avoid being called a liar or a mythomaniac, Rajesh Pandev took care to film everything. The owners have called Tesla to account because it is a big security breach, even though this application is supposed to protect owners while allowing them easy access to their car.
The Canadian also warned the press and told his story on social networks.
Rajesh Pandev attempted to contact Tesla for answers. Before warning the press, he also wanted to protest against this dysfunction on social networks.
Our opinion, by leblogauto.com
In the era of simple keys, it was not uncommon to be able to open and start several cars with a single key. Then with electronics and transponders, it became rarer. But, we still thought that with connected technology and a car costing more than €50,000, that would be ancient history!
There is obviously a big problem with a non-unique identifier at Tesla and that does not give you confidence at all. Here it ended quickly and well, but imagine someone with bad intentions or if the police got involved. Tesla has not yet reacted.
To sum up
With digital keys on smartphones, we thought we were done with certain quirks of keys. Nope since a Canadian from Vancouver was able to open and leave with a car that was not his.
The story ends well, but Rajesh Pandev is now waiting for answers from Tesla on what looks like a big security breach.
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