Difference is that now you develop the hack once and you can just steal all the cars from the brand without it being obvious that you’re doing anything wrong. Picking a lock is work you have to do for every vehicle, plus it looks pretty sketchy.
Also, you got in completely legitimately as far as the car knows, so no need to worry about alarms or anything like it.
>>and you can just steal all the cars from the brand without it being obvious that you’re doing anything wrong
I don't see any indication here that's the case - opening the doors is very different than being able to start the engine and drive off.
From the last paragraph:
At the end of the day, with both writeups combined, we could send remote commands such as unlocking and turning the engines on, for any of the automaker's vehicles in Australia, the United States, and Canada.
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well you clearly didn't read the article...
> At the end of the day, with both writeups combined, we could send remote commands such as unlocking and turning the engines on, for any of the automaker's vehicles in Australia, the United States, and Canada.