Both of these suspects served in the US military. The Vegas guy was an active-duty Green Beret on leave. He had a long history of service starting in 2006 and had been awarded 2 Bronze Stars.
The fact that he was special forces and had served for so long adds a weird wrinkle to this bizarre attack. Given his background he must have known that the fireworks and fuel wouldn’t make an especially large explosion, right? I wonder if killing folks other than himself was actually his intent or not. Probably still yes, but who knows.
Huh, I am surprised that they have to guess. Are there no official statistics on registrations in the US? Usually Germany is relatively stingy when it comes to government data, but the exact number of first time registrations by model is available on a monthly basis. Sure, registrations are not exactly the same as sales, but for a model sold only in North America it should give you a pretty good idea.
I was checking in on the Laura Loomer fued and came across this.
Loomer posted this.
Wait, so does this mean that the CyberTruck is permanently recording you even when you have data sharing off?
Is that what they are saying?
How do you get a recording if the driver didn’t enable data sharing? Does this mean it’s always recording you regardless?
And of course Musk is inserting himself. Proprietary video or access to the video. Loomer’s not wrong, what data is Musk collecting without the owner’s knowledge?
The truck (and all Teslas) most likely is sending all your data to Musk 24/7 whether you like it or not, but in this specific case I wouldn’t assume that the owner was even trying to disable any kind of tracking. After all the owner rented the truck out to strangers from the internet through Turo. Many people would probably like to be able to track their vehicles in that scenario.
ABC reported this, which raises other questions like, auto lock that requires the company to unlock?
Seems odd.
The sheriff said Tesla CEO Elon Musk helped the investigation by having the truck unlocked after it auto-locked in the blast and giving investigators video of the suspect at charging stations along its route from Colorado to Las Vegas.
Even I have been there three times…oh, wait. I’ve only been to the town in Northern California three times, not the army base in NC.
eta: I’ve just been reminded that we drove through Fayetteville and next to Ft. Bragg.
Also, my cousin separated from the army at Ft. Bragg, but that was in the early 90s and he died of a brain aneurysm about five years later, so he’s in the clear.
