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Re:Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars with Just a Licens... by tptacek on Thursday September 26, 2024 @04:57PM (#41663289)
They're being sued because they deliberately made the cars easier to steal in the US than they are elsewhere.
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Re:Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars with Just a Licens... by userbinator on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:57PM (#41665533)
In some places in the US, you can leave your doors open and car unlocked and no one will touch it. Perhaps a friendly neighbour may remind you, but that's about it.

As much as some narrative wants us to think, we don't need to be forced to live in effectively the same conditions as a maximum-security prison in order to have no crime.

Cars (and other things) being easy to steal isn't the problem.

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Re:Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars with Just a Licens... by tptacek on Friday September 27, 2024 @12:12AM (#41666173)
I have to lock my car doors. There isn't anyone within 10 square miles of me who feels like they live in a maximum-security prison.
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Re:Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars with Just a Licens... by hackernoops on Friday September 27, 2024 @03:08AM (#41667224)
Sounds like you live in Stockholm. (syndrome)
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