• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    22 hours ago

    Except that it’s all cars that do this why would the car being powered by electricity have any bearing. All cars have computers these days.

    • dastanktal@lemmy.ml
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      22 hours ago

      No, there’s a few incredibly cheap cars that do not have these features. Also, I’ll just buy used cars. These features don’t exist in hardly any car before, like, 2015.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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        21 hours ago

        I’m fairly sure my car from 2016 has an immobiliser in it. In theory, if the car company wanted to utterly destroy their reputation, they could activate it.

        The best defence against this is just how moronically stupid doing so would be. Every other car company knows this.

        • dastanktal@lemmy.ml
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          21 hours ago

          Yes but most cars with an immobilizer can not be remotely activated unless a specific system is installed which is normally offered as a premium feature. Like if I had a keyless start Ford from 2014 Ford couldn’t remotely shut that car off.