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vzmax • today at 2:33 PM • 5 replies • view on HN

A car manufacturer that reused the same car key for every car.


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dzdt • today at 2:50 PM

And the key has no notches, and so inserting a screwdriver into the lock and turning works just as well as using the key.

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whilenot-dev • today at 2:39 PM

And the key is a LEGO brick.

sureglymop • today at 3:46 PM

And the key on top of that can be used to open every other car that exists.

intrikate • today at 2:37 PM

Beyond that, they didn't even properly key the key! They carved one notch in by hand!

Spooky23 • today at 3:49 PM

They did!

As a 90s kid, the Dodge Omni was a common shitbox student car. I think they had like 8 key patterns lol.

My brother’s ignition key unlocked my friends’s trunk. There were a few people who could start other peoples cars. In one case, a soccer player “stole” a football players unlocked car as they looked identical and were parked near each other. In another as a prank we unlocked cars to roll them out of parking spots and physically lift them into unusual places.