Comment on Hyundai and Kia car thefts fall sharply after software upgrade, study finds
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 1 month agoWatch the channel 5 Kia boys episode. It was really fucking easy to steal kia’s n Hyundai’s. Took the guy like 30 seconds to do it. You just ripped a piece of plastic off, and jammed a USB cord into the ignition, turned it, and off u went. They encountered one of these updated ones and failed as well.
Warning, the Kia boys are fucking insufferable twats.
Petter1@lemm.ee 1 month ago
🤯 this is so fucked up Like, is this cyperpunk coming true?
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 month ago
No this is how every car was stolen prior to the 90s/00s. The “USB cord” is a red herring as the shape of the USB-A port just happens to match the remaining bit of the ignition cylinder once the lock has been removed, but journalists love to hype that part up as if this is some technological attack.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, u just gotta turn the thing. But the tool of choice by the current gen of thieves is USB 2.x cords because it fit perfectly and is readily available.
Petter1@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I was not talking about the fact of how easy it is to steal, it was more about the society described. Gave me similar feelings like when I watched the first episode of the cyberpunk anime.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
always has been
Petter1@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Luckily my country is not that far into the cyberpunk transition (yet?) 😮