• MTK@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Car security is horrible

    I bought a copying remote from aliexpress thinking “no way my car has a static code and not a rolling one… right?”

    Nope, fuck you Kia, any stupid cheap remote from aliexpress can be used to copy keys from a surprising amount of cars.

    Car security should improve and I hope this becomes a big enough issue that it get’s better regulated

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      10 months ago

      I would have expected an OTP type code to unlock a car… Considering how expensive cars are, this is really cheap to implement. Heck, I could buy a yubikey for €25, and I’m sure if a big company wants to buy a million of them, they can do it for a fraction of that cost… A brand new car costs tens of thousands…, it should’ve been a no brainer to include better security.

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        10 months ago

        Yeah, but saving 1.50 per car improves some stupid business performance indicator, which respectively will get some manager a nice bonus.

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          9 months ago

          I believe you, this world is so weird… For companies that make tens of billions in profit, saving a million dollars on chips is almost a rounding error compared to the benefit to their reputation when their cars are more secure.