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 [...]

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 […]

  • TrumpetXEnglish
    3•1 year ago

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

    • @LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.chEnglish
      2•1 year 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.