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BMW burglars appear to be very skilled. The entire board computer was taking from a friend’s car and the screws and cables etc were all tidily set aside as if i
by spockz 8y ago
BMW burglars appear to be very skilled. The entire board computer was taking from a friend’s car and the screws and cables etc were all tidily set aside as if it was a professional replacement. And this within an hour, on the front porch..
- samstave 8y agoMakes me wonder how many of the thieves of modern cars are professionally trained service people from the respective car companies who are paid off to get the vehicle into a state where it can be cleanly taken away. You are basically just paid to bypass security.
- Rjevski 8y agoThe difference is that in IT, whether you are a professional or not, the systems you’re working on will still ask you for authentication. In cars, it’s security by obscurity. If you know the protocol to talk to the car’s computers via the OBD port, you are pretty much root without even providing any credentials.
- monocasa 8y agoWell, I assume that the burglar was paid, de facto making it a professional replacement.
- mschuster91 8y ago> The entire board computer was taking from a friend’s car and the screws and cables etc were all tidily set aside as if it was a professional replacement. Probably the thief didn't want to risk any kind of damage on the board caused e.g. by shorting two wires during cutting the cabling and thus shorting a capacitor on the board.