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Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

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Re: Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

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Or, enforce existing laws against theft ... "Ban insecure vehicles" is chasing the technology of locks; there's always another circumvention.

Companies that put out egregiously vulnerable vehicles should be held liable, though.

Re: Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

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post #5

Or, enforce existing laws against theft ... "Ban insecure vehicles" is chasing the technology of locks; there's always another circumvention.

Companies that put out egregiously vulnerable vehicles should be held liable, though.

Justice is being served

https://www.hbsslaw.com/press/hyundai-kia-car-theft-defect/c...

Re: Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

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post #5

Or, enforce existing laws against theft ... "Ban insecure vehicles" is chasing the technology of locks; there's always another circumvention.

Companies that put out egregiously vulnerable vehicles should be held liable, though.

Insurance companies should reflect unlock vulnerability of a car model in its premiums. That still leaves the problem that few people look at insurance premium when choosing what car to buy. What would help is a widely used certification system kept up-to-date by certification authorities in cooperation with insurance companies, similarly to what we have in place for a car model's fuel consumption.

Re: Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

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This has to be one of the dumbest things I've read in a while.

All vehicles are insecure. I can hook a tow truck to almost any vehicle, including an 80,000 lbs tractor trailer and drive off with it. That'd actually attract less attention that outright hotwiring a vehicle.

The solution is to identify, arrest, and prosecute criminals. Which the government is not obligated to do in the US.

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