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Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tesla Engineering has their shit together, Elon is very detached from their work. Comparing Tesla to Twitter is not reasonable

> Tesla Engineering has their shit together The pictures I've seen of panel gaps on their cars say otherwise

I doubt engineering is intimately involved in the day to day production.

Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

#52

I take it as a sign of the current state of hackernews that nearly no one took the time to actually RTFA. This isnt about making apps that run on the car, this is about being able to integrate your external apps with the fleet API. Like, can external app that has permission would be able to locate the vehicle. That said, I think the security implications are fairly important, since I expect one of the exposed feature…

> I expect one of the exposed features is to be able to unlock or start the car.

I'd really like that (effectively allowing third parties to implement their own tesla app).

However, I suspect that no/very few third parties will be allowed to have that API scope.

Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

#53

I'm calling for Tesla to open source all the code running onboard it's vehicles. Consumers have the right to understand how their machines work. Elon, you built an empire off the backs of open source developers. Give back.

Same for Tim At Apple? Same for Microsoft?

Yes.

Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

#54
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I'd like to hear a security expert's take on this. Something about this makes me feel real nervous.

I mean, oauth2 is pretty much the standard/best practice for third party access to user-controlled identity and/or resource permissions. I'd like to know more about scopes and how they do authz, but as far as access goes, this has the makings of a best practices implementation like you'd see from Google, reddit, etc. Fine grained access control via scopes, user-facing "you want this app to get access to permissions?" and the ability to later revoke that access.

I'm sure you can find people who'd disagree, but it's far better to build on a standard than something homegrown.

Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

#55
post #27

I'd like to hear a security expert's take on this. Something about this makes me feel real nervous.

Probably not a huge risk. Currently third party apps just take your username and password, and log in pretending to be you.

This is a more official and more secure way to do the same - the user/tesla is in full control of which apps have access, what data each app can see, and can revoke access anytime.

Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

#56

I'm calling for Tesla to open source all the code running onboard it's vehicles. Consumers have the right to understand how their machines work. Elon, you built an empire off the backs of open source developers. Give back.

As much as I'd love for that to happen, all of the talk about "Elon mode" leading to potential enforcement action makes me understand why it is unlikely.

Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

#57
post #47

I'm calling for Tesla to open source all the code running onboard it's vehicles. Consumers have the right to understand how their machines work. Elon, you built an empire off the backs of open source developers. Give back.

What about all of the other cars' code that massively outnumber Teslas? Why not also call for theirs too?

I'd gladly call for that too, even though the request is unrealistic.

Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

#58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tesla Engineering has their shit together, Elon is very detached from their work. Comparing Tesla to Twitter is not reasonable

> Tesla Engineering has their shit together The pictures I've seen of panel gaps on their cars say otherwise

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/rivian-r1s-and-r1t-presen...

https://insideevs.com/news/405366/porsche-taycan-panel-gap-v...

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/minor-gap-b...

Which new EV isn’t having issues with Panel gaps?

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