Tesla Hacker Launches Open-Source Project 'FreedomEV' To Run On Rooted Teslas, Bring New Wi-Fi Hotspot and Anti-Tracking Features

Slashdot reader internet-redstar writes: The Tesla Hacker, Jasper Nuyens -- who uncovered Tesla's 'unconfirmed lane change' last year -- now launched at FOSDEM an open-source project called 'FreedomEV' to run on top of rooted Teslas. It adds new features to the vehicles, such as a 'Hotspot Mode' for in-car Wi-Fi and a 'Cloak Mode' to prevent all location tracking and more. It hopes to become available for other cars too. Full presentation video can be found here. The Github project and the website. He is looking for contributors and support from Tesla.

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