[CivBase]

Do you look up the software security measures implemented by the keyfob too? That information would be very difficult for a layperson to find and make sense of.

This may be the "age of information", but information is only useful as your ability to find, understand, and evaluate it.

[Geisterde]

Lets see, oooo tiktok, heres the kia challenge. Or maybe google "are kias secure". Whatever format you can understand, you will be presented several sources that explain the situation quite clearly.

[Dylan16807]

And if you googled that three and a half years ago when you were actually buying the car?

I bet you had to know exactly what to look for, and "problems with kias" wouldn't get the average person there.

[saint_fiasco]

Isn't there an aftermarket solution you can buy that would make the kia you bought three years ago more secure?

Sure, it sucks that you have to unexpectedly spend money on it, but when you bought a cheap car you knew you were taking the risk of having to deal with unknown unknowns.

[Geisterde]

If you googled kias at any time ever you would have seen they are absolutely riddled with issues. People on HN seem to think buying a car is like designing a CPU or investing in a portfolio of stocks, you could try doing some research.