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Kate 08:42 on 2023-04-11 Permalink Reply  

• Ephraim 16:35 on 2023-04-11 Permalink

  The car manufacturers have no interest in stopping thefts, because they get to sell new cars. The insurance companies have no interest in stopping thefts, because they get to sell more policies. The police in Montreal don’t seem like they want to do anything about it, because if they did, they would have bait cars, like they do in YVR. That leaves the government to write new specs to lower car theft rates. The last changes were done by the British government… that’s why more parts have serial numbers and there are no key holes on the passenger side anymore. So either government needs to step in OR we need to shame the car manufacturers by pointing out which cars are the easiest to steal and WHY so they beef up the system.

  What we need to do is make it hard to steal and expensive to fix when stolen. The simplest solution is a 128 bit or 256 bit encryption and/or PIN to drive. PIN to drive means that the cars electronics won’t unlock, even if you are in the car. And 256 bit encryption means that the computers on the car are encrypted and until unencrypted are worthless… so you need to replace the entire computer system when you steal a car.