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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish89•10 months ago"It is unacceptable that it is possible to buy tools that help car theft on major online shopping platforms.” I can buy a hammer and screwdriver online, and those could be used for car theft. Does that make those also unacceptable?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoI guess you haven’t seen all the TikTok videos of kids steeling Kia’s with nothing but a USB cable (used to turn the ignition, not anything digital). To be fair, it doesn’t work in Canada because immobilizers are mandatory. They really love their cost cutting in the US though…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoThey’re also really good at murder, a much more serious crime. While we’re at it let’s just ban all metal cutlery, just to be on the safe side.
"It is unacceptable that it is possible to buy tools that help car theft on major online shopping platforms.”
I can buy a hammer and screwdriver online, and those could be used for car theft. Does that make those also unacceptable?
Go then champ
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I guess you haven’t seen all the TikTok videos of kids steeling Kia’s with nothing but a USB cable (used to turn the ignition, not anything digital).
To be fair, it doesn’t work in Canada because immobilizers are mandatory. They really love their cost cutting in the US though…
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They’re also really good at murder, a much more serious crime.
While we’re at it let’s just ban all metal cutlery, just to be on the safe side.