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If I read this correctly, the vulnerable vehicles are not really left in a worse state because of this defect. If they did not have cryptographic electronic st
by ibejoeb 11y ago
If I read this correctly, the vulnerable vehicles are not really left in a worse state because of this defect. If they did not have cryptographic electronic start, they'd simply be vulnerable to old-fashioned hotwiring. I could be wrong, as I haven't been in a recent model, but I assume there is still a physical steering column lock that needs to be disabled, no?
- coldpie 11y agoNo. The whole point of keyless entry is that you don't need to physically handle a key to enter and start the car. Its presence in your pocket is sufficient to enable the Start button to work. Or, as this article demonstrates, the car's belief that the key is in your pocket is sufficient.
- ibejoeb 11y agoOh, right, I do remember now. I had a CC for a bit. I was always leaving the fob in the cupholder.