Hyundai and Kia forced to update millions of vehicles due to TikTok challenge

Re:Hyundai and Kia forced to update millions of vehicles due... by op00to on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @02:34PM (#34794723)

Perhaps there is no market for stolen cars in South Korea. Perhaps South Korea has an immobilizer law like many other industrialized nations. Perhaps more cars are parked in secure areas in South Korea, and cars in Milwaukee are parked on streets or driveways. Perhaps there is more CCTV and other surveillance in South Korea that makes it impossible to escape with a stolen car.

Not saying it's not a social issue, but there's a lot of other factors as well.

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Re:Hyundai and Kia forced to update millions of vehicles due... by farmaway on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @02:39PM (#34794792)

>Perhaps South Korea has an immobilizer law like many other industrialized nations.

Do they? I spent a few minutes searching but couldn't find an answer.

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Re:Hyundai and Kia forced to update millions of vehicles due... by jewayne on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @03:38PM (#34795608)

Here in my city, at least, virtually none of the stolen Kias/Hyundais were being sold. They were being stolen by middle schoolers for joy rides. Throughout the summer of 2022, groups of kids as young as 13 were stealing a different car each day, abandoning the ride of the day when it was out of gas (or damaged to the point of being inoperable).

It was pure crime of opportunity.

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