Its not a matter of difficulty, but of reproducibility. Mechanical locks imply that each individual thief needs to learn how pick locks. With computerized lock

Its not a matter of difficulty, but of reproducibility. Mechanical locks imply that each individual thief needs to learn how pick locks. With computerized locks, you only need one hacker to crack the security for each model of car, and then a bunch of two-dime thugs will only need to download the app and get going in with the car-thief franchise.