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And who owns the keys to those things? You, or the manufacturer?



Many vehicles have the keys stored in their ECU/Immobilizer signed/encrypted with the manufacturers' key.

There are some (mostly older) where you can directly reprogram the eeprom but those cars are easier to steal, because anyone can also do this.




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