Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
Kia and Hyundai Blame TikTok and Instagram For Their Cars Getting Stolen::In a court filing, the companies argue that social media companies “caused an unprecedented increase in thefts.” The cars being stolen didn’t have basic anti-theft technology.
Pretty embarrassing tbh. I’ve had shitboxes from 1993 that had immobiliser. No excuse for hyundai/kia
“We made vehicles children can steal. We blame the children.”
“it’s not our fault for making cars that could be stolen by literal children, it’s THEIR fault for talking about it!”
Are they also going to blame people for talking out loud?
How much money they could have possibly saved, considering that anyway they keys have the electronics for the remote control?
$3 per car?
Couldn’t they offer this as a $300 optional feature that everyone would buy?
Couldn’t they offer this as a $300 optional feature that everyone would buy?
Pretty sure they fixed it, but if your car is more than a year old, then this still works.
It’s okay, they have a solution!
Cheap steering wheel lock, nice.
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Lol Hyundai says they will fix it with software www.hyundaiantitheft.com/faq/ I wonder if you can still unlock and start your vehicle without using the fob after this ‘upgrade’
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What they are saying is they practice security through obscurity. Their security relies on people not knowing something that is simple to understand. This is fundamentally different from actual security where there is no easy way to defeat it no matter what you know.