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Korean Police Book 80 Tesla Drivers over Illegal FSD Unlock Devices

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Seoul police have booked 80 people for using aftermarket devices to switch on Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” in cars that aren’t allowed to run it in South Korea. Officers also seized 21 of the devices. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced the case on Tuesday. It’s the largest enforcement action yet against the FSD “jailbreak” hardware that has spread through China, Europe, and Korea over the past year. more…

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Jae-hoon = Activating the Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) function of U.S. electric vehicle company Tesla's vehicles...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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A large number of Tesla vehicle owners who illegally activated the Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature, a driver assistance function, have been arrested by the police. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Traffic Crime Investigation Team [investigated] the owners of Tesla vehicles who connected unauthorized devices to them

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[Digital Daily Reporter Yoon Seo-yeon] A large number of drivers who illegally activated the Full Self-Driving (FSD) function on Tesla vehicles, which is not authorized for use in Korea, have been arrested by the police. Although Level 3 or higher Full Self-Driving is not yet permitted by authorities in Korea or abroad, it has been revealed that some users activated the function prior to this by purchasing unauthorized devices overseas or manuf…

Mr. A, who works in the information technology (IT) industry, obtained open source code related to Tesla's electronic control system from the overseas developer platform GitHub. He personally manufactured an unauthorized device to activate Tesla's driver assistance feature, "FSD" (Full Self-Driving), without permission. Unauthorized devices pose a risk of failing to properly recognize the vehicle's driving conditions or operating contrary to the…

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Naver broke the news on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
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