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Rivian says "fat finger" caused software update to brick infotainment systems, physical servicing may be required (driveteslacanada.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Rivian says "fat finger" caused software update to brick infotainment systems, physical servicing may be required::Today’s cars are more like computers on wheels, and even a seemingly routine software update can lead to unexpected consequences. Rivian unfortunately experienced a “fat finger” mishap with their latest software update, bricking infotainment systems [...]

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I don't think so in this context. This is probably more like SSL cert trusting or some private/public key pair.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Based on the fact that the screen is blank, I think @grue was correct. The certificate that tells the system that the infotainment was valid was incorrect, so the infotainment couldn't load. They used the dev-infotainment cert instead of the prod cert.

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