Not in Europe. That fiasco only happened in the US.
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dakku@sh.itjust.works 8 months agoAnd easy to steal
sndrtj@feddit.nl 8 months ago
reversedposterior@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Because the US doesn’t make engine immobilisers mandatory like the rest of the world does
Vash63@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I thought only the American models were easy to steal because they left out some critical antitheft features on the lowest cost models? Didn’t think it impacted other countries.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Pretty sure their refering to the fact that certain Kia(?) models could be jacked using a screwdriver and USB. Basically the engines power button was shit. This is also why I dont fucking trust cars that use startup buttons, atleast if someone hotwires the car they had to work for it.
RandomGen1@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It only affected key start cars, if it was push button start, it was immune to the attack you describe.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I was going off of something I vaguely remembered. But now my question is why the actual fuck was the key start system setup so badly.