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submitted 10 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

The call from Ghana woke Len Green at the Toronto home where his prized vehicle had been stolen a year earlier.

"I'm calling from CBC News," said the journalist on the other end of the phone. "We're doing an investigation into stolen vehicles, and I'm pretty sure I'm sitting in your vehicle … in West Africa."

"Woah," he replied. "I can't believe it … that's crazy."

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[-] itsyourmom@artemis.camp 13 points 10 months ago

That is wild! I watched the videos in the linked article, and I’m shocked how easy it is to steal vehicles!

I guess what I see in the movies/shows if hot wiring and the time that takes isn’t the norm nowadays.

IMO I feel like the Shipping Ports need to step up their game as far as inspections and stop the cars BEFORE they’ve been shipped to other countries. I would hope that the car insurance companies would be willing to help the cost of this increased inspections, considering they have to pay the value of the stolen vehicles to the owners…

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Port authorities do need to do that, but first the feds have to give them more money and raise staffing levels ... cause right now there is not enough people or funding to do the job right.

[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

The physical key and a keyfob is like manual vs automatic. It doesn't fully prevent your car from being stolen, but it does make it harder to steal said car.

I love to blame how terrible software and ux is in cars as theyre very unreliable, but yes, a lot of this is a port problem

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