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"Hyundai and Kia forced to update software on millions of vehicles because of viral TikTok challenge" is the original title. i did my best to preserve it.

one thing that irritates me about this is the keyword "forced". This issue started in 2020, with numbers going up to nearly 20 cars stolen per day. Seems like a very slow and labored response to such a terrible problem with their cars.

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There were 2220 cars stolen per day in 2020. While token bypass is a problem, I suspect that the biggest vulnerability is that nearly all cars lack MFA. Steal the token and you can steal the car.

I can't imagine the hell that borrowing a friend's car will be in a world that requires MFA to start the engine.

I can't imagine a world where thieves get away with their crimes so easily neither.

A password or PIN might work if sharing cars.

here in vancovuer canada the police started a baitcar (and bait bike/boat) program that proved very effective at discouraging car thefts. This what police should be doing instead of going after people selling drugs or giving out speeding tickets.

According to wikipedia, BC's program was modeled after a program started by Minneapolis police in 1998.

Bait car programs are pretty well known in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_Car_(TV_series)

And police in the recent problem areas have been doing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAZh6D9sftw

Bait cars are racist now.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/08/police-bait-truc...

The racist part in this article is not a bait car. The story isn’t even about a bait car, the bait was merchandise. It’s that a black neighborhood was targeted and the vehicle was filled with stereotypical merchandise.

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