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I thought modern cars have an electronic challenge mechanism with the key that you can’t bypass as easily. Is that not the case ?
by nilsbunger 3y ago
I thought modern cars have an electronic challenge mechanism with the key that you can’t bypass as easily. Is that not the case ?
- Glawen 3y agoYou are describing the immobilizer feature which is missing in Hyundai/Kia sold in the US
- PaulHoule 3y agoThey used to, but people got complacent. I remember hearing about people hacking keyless entry systems on luxury cars (belonging to some European footballer for instance) in the mid-2000s, by the 2010s I remember hearing about people stealing Fords and cars like that. In the 1970s Americans were terrified of car thefts, it got very hard to do, then carmakers started slipping.