• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Our most common technique is to remove the headlight and connect to the computer through that because people stopped keeping their Bluetooth fobs at the door and people have doorbell cameras

    Cheap cars aren’t really worth sending over to Africa

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      1 year ago

      The head light thing is because manufactures use the same CAN bus (network) to control security features and lighting. So by saving 50 feet of wire they expose unprotected access to the car’s computers.