• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    Having a separate key for the trunk was very common historically, not sure why.

    Off topic, but reminder to everyone who needs it, close up photos of keys is a security problem. With relatively little training you can recreate a key from a photo. If you know the person who posted the photo, that’s an easy target.

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      You’re not wrong, but if you really want to understand how fucked the past was, until about a decade ago you could go on eBay and buy a key that would open and start almost any police vehicle. https://youtu.be/ktelkO-d1o4

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      I thought the first part was so that you could give a valet the keys to park and retrieve your car, but not easily get to your belongings.

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      Off topic, but reminder to everyone who needs it, close up photos of keys is a security problem. With relatively little training you can recreate a key from a photo. If you know the person who posted the photo, that’s an easy target.

      Hilarious.

      You can drive off with any modern car with a $100 gadget from TEMU.

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        Just because another security flaw exists, it doesn’t invalidate the first security flaw.

        Not posting pictures of your keys online goes far beyond automotive security.