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Whistleblower drops 100 GB of Tesla secrets to German news site

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Post by advael »

jacquesm wrote: post #9
advael wrote: post #6

Gatekeep, gaslight, girlboss The official policy to deprive customers and victims of information as much as possible is shocking from the standpoint of being flagrantly, cynically customer-hostile to the point of probable illegality, but it's right out of both Musk's normal playbook and that of his erstwhile colleagues at e.g. Paypal For me, cars cross a very key danger threshold, which I express like this: "I am tru…

The bigger problem is that I am trusting my life to you using it. This goes way beyond defective product and normal risk, the fact that these things happen endangers everybody on the road, not just those that decided to throw in their lot with Tesla.

Also a very good point, which makes an even stronger case for throwing the regulatory kitchen sink at this bullshit

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Post by valine »

George83728 wrote: post #4
buildbot wrote: post #2

I avoid driving anywhere near Tesla’s, especially tailing them. Phantom braking is not okay.

I treat them like semi-trucks on the highway. Pass them or let them pass you, but don't loiter alongside, behind or in front of one.

Why are you loitering beside other cars? This is a good safety practice regardless of the car’s make and model.

Re: Whistleblower drops 100 GB of Tesla secrets to German news site

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Post by bboygravity »

arbitrage wrote: post #5
99_00 wrote: post #3

>found a disturbing trend of brushing off customers complaining about dangerous Autopilot glitches while covering the company’s ass. The article doesn't present any evidence or argument to support it's own thesis. Everything in it sounds like my experience dealing with any corperation.

> Customers that Handelsblatt spoke to have the impression that Tesla employees avoid written communication. “They never sent emails, everything was always verbal,” says the doctor from California, whose Tesla said it accelerated on its own in the fall of 2021 and crashed into two concrete pillars. I mean, that's pretty suspicious right there.

You're confirming the point of the commenter that you're replying to?

Re: Whistleblower drops 100 GB of Tesla secrets to German news site

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Post by 99_00 »

arbitrage wrote: post #5
99_00 wrote: post #3

>found a disturbing trend of brushing off customers complaining about dangerous Autopilot glitches while covering the company’s ass. The article doesn't present any evidence or argument to support it's own thesis. Everything in it sounds like my experience dealing with any corperation.

> Customers that Handelsblatt spoke to have the impression that Tesla employees avoid written communication. “They never sent emails, everything was always verbal,” says the doctor from California, whose Tesla said it accelerated on its own in the fall of 2021 and crashed into two concrete pillars. I mean, that's pretty suspicious right there.

>that's pretty suspicious right there.

It seems suspicious to you because you assume it's not standard industry practice. But that assumption is not in evidence.

They have the internal communications and this is the most incriminating thing they could come up with?

Re: Whistleblower drops 100 GB of Tesla secrets to German news site

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Post by nvrmnd »

arbitrage wrote: post #5
99_00 wrote: post #3

>found a disturbing trend of brushing off customers complaining about dangerous Autopilot glitches while covering the company’s ass. The article doesn't present any evidence or argument to support it's own thesis. Everything in it sounds like my experience dealing with any corperation.

> Customers that Handelsblatt spoke to have the impression that Tesla employees avoid written communication. “They never sent emails, everything was always verbal,” says the doctor from California, whose Tesla said it accelerated on its own in the fall of 2021 and crashed into two concrete pillars. I mean, that's pretty suspicious right there.

I have heard from former Twitter employees that this was very much the policy after the Musk takeover there. Nothing is ever put in writing if it can possibly be avoided.

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Post by morkalork »

arbitrage wrote: post #5
99_00 wrote: post #3

>found a disturbing trend of brushing off customers complaining about dangerous Autopilot glitches while covering the company’s ass. The article doesn't present any evidence or argument to support it's own thesis. Everything in it sounds like my experience dealing with any corperation.

> Customers that Handelsblatt spoke to have the impression that Tesla employees avoid written communication. “They never sent emails, everything was always verbal,” says the doctor from California, whose Tesla said it accelerated on its own in the fall of 2021 and crashed into two concrete pillars. I mean, that's pretty suspicious right there.

Never write in an email what you can say on the phone, never say on the phone what you can say in person.
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