Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
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Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 2, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 98 checks on 3 different days. Its best position was #1 of 25, reached on Nov 2, 18:51 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 4, 17:21 UTC. The same link also trended on Hacker News, which raises its cross-platform score.
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My car, a Seat Ibiza, also has one of these TomTom devices built-in and it was basically abandoned 2 years after the car rolled off the production line. It's so sad that a product built to last 20 years has to ride around with obsolete maps most of its lifetime. I imagine it's going to get way worse in the future now…
This is why I was excited about the Slate with it's bare bones premise. I can add whatever navigation device I want, or none at all.
Thank you so much for going through this experience and posting it. I can't remember the last time I read some article to this end that wasn't just "I threw _insert LLM model here_ at it and it did all the work for me." Just you, your skills, and some good old fashioned legwork which led to you taking back control of…
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Is Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time trending on Lobsters right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 4, 17:21 UTC, after 3 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time reached?
#1 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 2, 18:51 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 2, 2026 and has been on the list on 3 days (98 checks) since.