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100% Have a stock Kia car? It’s trivially to steal because their key fob sucks and they can all be stolen in the same way. Now, take that shitty Kia and perso
by randyrand 4y ago
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Have a stock Kia car? It’s trivially to steal because their key fob sucks and they can all be stolen in the same way.
Now, take that shitty Kia and personally wire a little toggle in the center console that unplugs the Starter with a relay. All of a sudden no Kia theif will know how to steal it. Easily 100x less likely to be stolen than the fully standard car next to it.
Having at least one layer of obscurity should be standard practice. It makes the theif need to put in custom effort. Most people are lazy.
- asimops 4y agoBut that would be a 'real' security measure. Security by obscurity would be to park it 3 miles away where noone would think you parked it and relabel it as a Skoda.
- jjav 4y agoNo, it's a perfect example of security by obscurity. It's just a button, anyone can press it, no key or anything else needed. It's just different from the other cars, so it'll confuse a thief who is following a scripted runbook on "how to steal Kia". Hopefully enough that they move on to the next car.
- randyrand 4y agoHaving a toggle switch that unlocks the car is not 'real' security. If every car had that switch, it would offer no security at all. It's only secure because it's uncommon and not known. i.e. obscure