Fixing this issue would probably only happen in newer models of vehicles... the keys for existing cars don't often change, and I'm not sure a recall would ever

Fixing this issue would probably only happen in newer models of vehicles... the keys for existing cars don't often change, and I'm not sure a recall would ever be issued for something like this. Here's another article from four years back; the tactic is likely older than that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2079289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2079289