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I'm pretty sure that steering wheel locks were required by law starting in the 1970s. Does this process bypass the steering wheel lock somehow? Or do these cars not have steering wheel locks?

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The plastic under the steering wheel is removed exposing the ignition barrel, at the end of the barrel you can pop it off. Exposing a little fob like turner, stick your usb cable over it and twist. The steering lock gets released. This is an old car stealing trick however, in the olden days you could do the same thing but the steering column would remain locked. Skinny 12 year olds in the UK had enough strength to snap the lock by grabbing the wheel and quickly pulling it in either direction, once you broke the lock you were good to go! We called them twocs (taken without owners consent) the whole adventure was known as joy riding..

The Kia boys were a couple of American youths doing something similar and uploading videos of it on tik tok. A reporter asked them, don’t you feel bad for people who’s cars you are stealing? The kid replied nah, they got insurance. The reporter- what if they don’t have insurance? The kid straight faced and serious- that’s illegal so they shouldn’t be doing that. Sure the video of that interview is out there somewhere. Hilarious. Also unlucky if your car got stolen. Don’t blame the kids they just bored and need guidance.

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