| ▲ | jsiepkes 6 days ago | |
> Adding in a stick of metal that can be trivially bypassed does nothing to make the car more secure. Everyone can use a flipper zero to unlock a car. Not everyone can hotwire a car. Keyless ignition means criminals have a vastly larger recruitment pool of people they can offer money to do something stupid (like stealing a car for them). | ||
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| ▲ | kube-system 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> Everyone can use a flipper zero to unlock a car. Not everyone can hotwire a car. You live in a tech bubble if you really think this is the case. Attacking a lock cylinder is a lot lower-skill of an attack than a cryptographic attack. Recent car theft epidemics have shown this, e.g. #kiaboys | ||