Comment on Hyundai and Kia car thefts fall sharply after software upgrade, study finds

• ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Those do absolutely nothing to stop someone from stealing a car as they attach to your steering wheel made of foam and plastic which takes seconds to cut through. They’ve only come back in to popularity due to grifters willing to sell people a false sense of security.

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  • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    To be fair, they add another minute or two to the time it takes to steal the car.

    I also feel these bars make your car harder to steal than the other car on the same block. If everyone is using them, you’re car is again only as hard to steal as that other car on the block. This could make it a target again.

    However, that update or a third party solution is going to do a whole lot more.

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    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s how bike security works! Make your bike look a little more annoying to steal than the next guy.

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      • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes, same idea. Though, I thought we were way past this when it comes to modern cars.

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