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h4kunamatayesterday at 11:40 PM0 repliesview on HN

Cars before the enshitification, already had tons of security issues, I remember watching a hacker stopping a BMW the reports was driving in the middle of the highway.

This was decades and decades ago, imagine now??

When I bought a 2025 Suzuki Jimny XL, I wanted a car, not a computer on wheels.

- physical buttons everywhere

- head unit is the only touch screen

- Non-invasive safety features

- No firmware update

- No internet connection

- No enshitification

It is what cars used to be back in the day with minor modern touch like LED headlight. Its headlight does not have direct connection to the ECU.

Toyota cars, especially the new ones can be stolen by breaking the headlight and using its harness to talk with the ECU. Virtually speaking, all Toyota cars are being stolen like hotcake in Australia.

People buying these EVs do not understand how deep it goes buying a car you do not own.

Testa has done this over and over, removed features from the car via OTA update. Car was never meant to be a computer on wheel.