Since June, Tesla’s algorithms have been sharing street-level telemetry about moving objects over a “broker” network, and using it to command a vehicle (to follow and/or avoid moving objects).
Tesla’s implementation relies on a persistent bidirectional communication pipeline built upon a highly optimized WebSocket protocol layered over a customized MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) broker architecture. When a vehicle running firmware 2026.20.6.1 engages Full Self-Driving, the localized Telemetry Gateway module inside the car begins publishing compressed Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) binaries at an ultra-high frequency of up to 10Hz (ten updates per second). These binaries contain exact spatial vector coordinates, current lateral and longitudinal acceleration matrices, target vector paths, and object classification hashes identified by the occupancy network.
sheeple@infosec.pub 6 days ago
Woah, I totally misread the article! It seems as though the objects in question are fleet management objects, as in when one owns multiple vehicles. And command is referring to a command center, like a place to view a map. If what I had inferred were true, that would have made for an interesting cybersecurity discussion. So sorry!