Obligatory: HACKERS CAN TURN YOUR CAR INTO A BOMB [0]
But on a more serious note this is pretty cool to see not only Tesla but GM and BMW reaching out to these groups. We saw an article or two here on HN not to long about about, IIRC, car makers trying to use DMCA to prevent people from modifying the software in their cars [1] (I know there was another article about tractors as well [2]). I'd be interested to know Tesla/GM/BMW's stance on that issue. They are opening up to hackers to find issues but that doesn't mean they are on board with making it easy for people to modify software in their cars.
But on a more serious note this is pretty cool to see not only Tesla but GM and BMW reaching out to these groups. We saw an article or two here on HN not to long about about, IIRC, car makers trying to use DMCA to prevent people from modifying the software in their cars [1] (I know there was another article about tractors as well [2]). I'd be interested to know Tesla/GM/BMW's stance on that issue. They are opening up to hackers to find issues but that doesn't mean they are on board with making it easy for people to modify software in their cars.
[0] http://www.homelandsecureit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/C...
[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/automakers-say-you-don...
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9414211