Anonymous
Post 03/16/2025 09:12     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Can you please use your neurons, posters?

If he does that, Tesla sales will drop like a rock, even more than they're done recently. No one will buy a car that the billionaire owner can just decide to disable at will.

Obviously he's not going to hurt his bottom line more than he has to. He's very impulsive and flits from shiny bauble to shiny bauble: once he's bored with destroying the federal government, he will move on to something else, and feds/Democrats will be the least of his concerns.



The guy has extremely very poor impulse control with no moderation sense (disparate businesses, fathering 14 children with 3 women, etc).
He's already torched Tesla sales in Europe and is on the way here in America due to his polarizing/extremist politics. He ended up having to purchase twitter because of he signed a contract with no due diligence at a greatly inflated price. Dumb-dumb move - just like now with DOGE.
Also agree with the other poster who said he'll move onto another project when he gets bored.


Yes, abstracting from the political, you could easily imagine a scenario where tesla introduces a “subscription” that you need to pay to keep your car running.

But not abstracting from the political, it is being run by an impetuous ketamine addict with intimate ties to a mad king-style president. Why would you want to put yourself at his mercy?
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2025 08:37     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Anonymous wrote:

Can you please use your neurons, posters?

If he does that, Tesla sales will drop like a rock, even more than they're done recently. No one will buy a car that the billionaire owner can just decide to disable at will.

Obviously he's not going to hurt his bottom line more than he has to. He's very impulsive and flits from shiny bauble to shiny bauble: once he's bored with destroying the federal government, he will move on to something else, and feds/Democrats will be the least of his concerns.



The guy has extremely very poor impulse control with no moderation sense (disparate businesses, fathering 14 children with 3 women, etc).
He's already torched Tesla sales in Europe and is on the way here in America due to his polarizing/extremist politics. He ended up having to purchase twitter because of he signed a contract with no due diligence at a greatly inflated price. Dumb-dumb move - just like now with DOGE.
Also agree with the other poster who said he'll move onto another project when he gets bored.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2025 07:35     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
No, that’s stupid.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2025 21:32     Subject: Re:Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Anonymous wrote:Your data is extremely valuable, and it seems it's already been taken.


EVERYTHING you do is recorded and analyzed now. If you have a cell phone on or near your person, it is always listening, watching, and sonar mapping everything around it. Now most cars are doing that. Even appliances.

Remember the "thought screens" in 1984? That tech is now less conspicuous and in R&D.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2025 16:57     Subject: Re:Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Forget the Tesla. With your voting data, a nefarious government can make it difficult or extremely expensive for you to get homeowners, health or car insurance. They can make your internet more expensive or less reliable. They can send pro-MAGA advertisements to your TV. They can make it difficult for you to get a job at Amazon, for example, or in the government. Your data is extremely valuable, and it seems it's already been taken.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2025 16:50     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Anonymous wrote:The key is to not talk politics while in your Tesla. It can hear your democratic views and take appropriate action if directed.


Yes this is true.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2025 16:50     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here - I asked chatgpt and got corporate speak version of the couldn’t do that. Then I asked if T could disable stolen car and answer was yep. So the in house capability to turn off any T car exists.


I just asked Grok and it states, yes, the vehicles can technically be disabled or have certain features turned off remote by Tesla corporate, thanks to their over the air (OTA) software capabilities.

I don't see any information that this can be large scale targeted...but certainly a double-edged sword of convenience for recovery and updates, but does raise questions.


To add, think about how many of these daily armed car jackings would cease to be productive (or exist!) if one could just type a code on your iphone (or however this works), bringing your vehicle to a halt, locking the suspects inside your car until aw enforcement arrives. Wow.


So they are not taking your phone and other things you have on you? That makes no sense.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2025 14:02     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Anonymous wrote:This is honestly a next-level crazy concern.


No, maam/sir, it certainly isn't!

I was concerned about this 2 years ago when I was car hunting. That was 'before'. So, not next level.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2025 12:29     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Anonymous wrote: I worry he will end up with the ability to turn off huge parts of US infrastructure,


+1
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2025 12:28     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
The key is to not talk politics while in your Tesla. It can hear your democratic views and take appropriate action if directed.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 21:22     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And this is why buying Cybertrucks for armored
vip transport is a stupid idea. Actually, it is one of many reasons why it is a stupid idea, but apropos here.


I note here that they're prohibited in most European countries.


Cite?
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 20:07     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Anonymous wrote:And this is why buying Cybertrucks for armored
vip transport is a stupid idea. Actually, it is one of many reasons why it is a stupid idea, but apropos here.


I note here that they're prohibited in most European countries.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 20:03     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Anonymous wrote:Most any modern vehicle can be remotely disabled, but either mfgs or government and law enforcement, or even hackers.

This is not just limited to Tesla's nor just electric vehicles.


How new a car are we talking? I drive a 2015 and it hasn't got any connectivity that I know about.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 18:19     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
Most any modern vehicle can be remotely disabled, but either mfgs or government and law enforcement, or even hackers.

This is not just limited to Tesla's nor just electric vehicles.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 18:14     Subject: Can Musk turn off all Democrat owned Teslas
And this is why buying Cybertrucks for armored
vip transport is a stupid idea. Actually, it is one of many reasons why it is a stupid idea, but apropos here.