i'm kinda shocked people don't already know that every car made in the last ~10 years has some form of remote control accessible to the manufacturer. any car with "remote start" functionality can be accessed by the manufacturer if they really wanted to. the "call for assistance" / SOS / "emergency assistance" button that's built into most cars now also depends on this. i've been in a few situations where myself or the driver has had to call somebody to remote start a car or open its doors... that's how this works.
and if you don't opt-in to use those features in your car (i don't pay for the emergency assistance button since it's a costly subscription), that doesn't mean the possibility of such connectivity goes away. it's just not enabled, but they can still use it if they really wanted to (or likely if law enforcement came at them with a court order).
tesla, of all companies, being an emulation of a tech company, would by far have the most advanced controls here. whenever you're trying out the automated driving features, the in-car camera is watching you. it's using eye tracking software, but undoubtedly that could be viewed by tesla if they really wanted to. if you're not opted out of "data sharing", they are for-sure sending that video data somewhere, if only for future eye tracking training and debugging software updates.
but i'm glad that maybe stories like this will wake more people up to the fact that every device that could be connected to something probably is, and if the hardware is there to do it, then it's possible a corporation and/or government and/or hacker could access it without your knowledge or consent. this is just reality now.
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