They are 100% not patching old chips intentionally by not allocating resources to it. It's a conscious choice made by the company, it is very much "on purpose".
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That's no different than if you had central locking and a douche nearby (but significantly further away than keyless access and start) to intercept it as you lock/unlock it. Risk of this actually happening to you is so slim, it's not an issue in real life.
The functionality was great, it's the physical durability that was complete shit.
They broke all the time and you had to wiggle them often because of shoddy connectivity.
MicroUSB is absolutely one of the worst connectors ever designed, perhaps only surpassed by the SCART connector.
Aah, so it actually has absolutely nothing to do with keyless access and driving like most seem to complain about.
So what was the exploit then? They could get in to the car without the key?
Keyless start is fucking awesome though, just get in the car and drive. I wouldn't even consider a car without after having one with it. Pretty much all other manufacturers have this in a safe way that doesn't make the cars easier to steal. Its not the keyless start that's the issue, its how they implemented it.
I mean, many new cars don't even have an old school key ignition at all.
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Your approach to spreading awareness is specifically why I am not looking in to it. You give off a scammy vibe, so I'm not wasting time on it. Let's be reasonable here, if you're not even willing to write 5-10 lines about what this is and what problem it solves, it doesn't deserve awareness.
No they are just choosing not to roll out the fix to a known issue, which is screwing customers over on purpose (to increase profits). It's not a matter of goodwill, they sold a product that then turned out to have a massive security flaw, and now they don't want to fix even though they absolutely could.