Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts
by ericmcer on Friday May 12, 2023 @09:58AM
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Of those two the second struck me as an example of someone who should expect to be victimized.
It is funny how conditioned we are to assume people online will be as malicious as we allow them to be.
Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts
by digdugdirk on Friday May 12, 2023 @10:07AM
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Mechanical engineers operate under the same assumption, though it's generally a stupidity standard vs a maliciousness standard. In this case, they absolutely should have recognized there was no backup to their (much more affordable) immobilizer design, and caught it in the early design review phases.
Maybe to put in software terms - a login page that allowed anyone to sign in to any account by viewing source and finding an admin login button sitting there for anyone to see.
It truly is a flawed design. Yes, a design that might not be flawed for many societies around the world, but it's certainly flawed for a product that is sold in the USA.