Mobile Remote Access Pin

You wouldn't have to enter the PIN often, only when you want to turn it off. Also a PIN/password should be needed to turn off the valet mode.

Chevy Volt uses a PIN to get to any items that turn on/off items in the car, I would like the same for this app.

I see no point in adding another step. I have a car currently that has a start button which I have to push after the car knows I'm unlocking it. Worse yet its a car that requires me to push the button twice just to turn it off. Dumb!

This is a sensible proactive approach to property protection.

Tesla are very new, so the observation that there is no known occurrence of a thief disabling remote access is completely irrelevant.  Wake up guys!  That's like saying thieves are dumb so no need to protect ourselves ... which is a dumb thing to say.  Thieves are much more creative than the man in the street, they can hot wire cars, crack alarm systems, and are intimately familiar with the protections of multiple different models of cars.

Tesla's speed makes it great for a getaway or an outrun attempt, so it's just a matter of time before a smarter thief chooses one for his next project, and disables tracking for the time it takes him to commit a crime and then dump the car in a wrecked state.  Happens a lot to every other model, Tesla is clearly not (yet) immune.  Paying attention to security is next most important after paying attention to driving safety and (frankly) trumps comfort and good looks as a priority for good engineering.

Adding a password protection would cost nothing, and is an easy fix.

We must anticipate problems, not react to them.

 

Add a password

This is perhaps more interesting to have if the car is on service; I'd say it's more likely that a serviceman diong a test run plays with the car rather than a thief. I would still like this feature, though!