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UPDATED: How to Setup USB Storage For Tesla Sentry Mode (and more!)

UPDATE: 2025-03-25 Intro 4+ years ago Tesla released Tesla OS 2020.48.26 (aka the “Holiday Update” for 2020) which included several new features and games. One of the more popular features was Tesla Boombox which allowed owners to play several included sounds plus up to 5 custom sounds over the external Pedestrian Warning Speaker (PWS). They have also since released the ability to set custom Lock Sounds. To get the most out of your Tesla USB storage device, I have included instructions below that explain how to partition your USB storage device to take advantage of the following features: ...

March 23, 2025 · 8 min · dburkland
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How To Setup Multi-Factor Authentication with Tesla

Intro Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is a common security requirement when accessing sensitive applications or websites such as your personal banking portal. Since Tesla vehicles can be controlled via the Tesla Mobile App over the internet (thanks to the Tesla API), their website and APIs should also be considered sensitive. As a result, Tesla has finally delivered and rolled out MFA to owners earlier today, October 6th, 2020. The purpose of this blog post is to walk you through the process for setting up MFA on Tesla.com and also provide some recommendations based on personal experience. If you have any questions or comments feel free to reply at the bottom or shoot me a tweet @dburkland. Last but not least, I wanted to give kudos to @mfrunker and @tesla_raj for staying on Tesla about adding this much needed security functionality! ...

October 7, 2020 · 4 min · dburkland