They weren’t hacked though, right? They just didn’t include the chip verification that we’ve had for decades so people broke into the steering column to turn the ignition. You probably could have used a flathead screwdriver and just jammed that in the key slot and turned and it still would work.
There is no 100% safe way for wireless car unlocking. All of them can be hacked its just a matter of how dedicated the attacker is.
But yeah the previous models were just laughably easy to hack.
They weren’t hacked though, right? They just didn’t include the chip verification that we’ve had for decades so people broke into the steering column to turn the ignition. You probably could have used a flathead screwdriver and just jammed that in the key slot and turned and it still would work.