At first I thought, how is this Ford's fault? How is this any different from someone just picking the trunk lock?
But then I realized: Ford actively provided the car codes to a car they'd sold, to someone who wasn't the owner, without the owner's permission. This is no different from the locksmith who installed the lock to your house, giving someone else a copy of the key to your front door "because they said they knew you".
Maybe Ford calculates that it's easier to just give out the codes to people related to the dealers, for convenience, but that needs to factor in that they should be forced to pay heavy, heavy fines or restitution when bad things happen.
And even worse, imagine if someone were raped or killed because of Ford's negligence concerning codes. People's security in their cars is a serious thing.
But then I realized: Ford actively provided the car codes to a car they'd sold, to someone who wasn't the owner, without the owner's permission. This is no different from the locksmith who installed the lock to your house, giving someone else a copy of the key to your front door "because they said they knew you".
Maybe Ford calculates that it's easier to just give out the codes to people related to the dealers, for convenience, but that needs to factor in that they should be forced to pay heavy, heavy fines or restitution when bad things happen.
And even worse, imagine if someone were raped or killed because of Ford's negligence concerning codes. People's security in their cars is a serious thing.