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I'd argue those aren't quite equivalent. If I was the passenger in a Tesla taxi I might be able to plug something in to add tracking software or who knows what to the car without the driver knowing. As autopilot improves I might be able to tell the car to up and drive over to my house in the middle of the night. Not exactly the same as cutting brake lines.

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The compute module is under the back seat in the Model 3 I believe. That's all of the major components, might be tricky but someone who doesn't care about damaging the seat may well be able to get in unnoticed while riding in a Tesla taxi.

It is behind the glovebox

Is access to it lockable? Would be useful for a taxi usecase

In the model 3, the only way to access the glovebox is to press the button on the console. I'm sure this would be disabled when in self-driving taxi mode.

It's in the dash. You have to remove the glovebox and several pieces of the dash. For some reason I think the taxi driver would notice you disassembling his car.

FWIW, the Tesla model 3 has an internal camera (probably more than one) that Tesla probably plans to use to observe the occupants when in self-driving taxi mode. I think the camera would deter most high tech vandals.

Just remeber when you’re recording your dummy loop to play back while you pwn, make sure no flies land on the camera lens!

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