Convenience always seems to come at a cost and never more so than with the keyless car. News emerged last week that car manufacturers using the Megamos Crypto transponder electronic vehicle immobiliser, used by Audi, Citroen, Fiat, Honda, Volvo, and Volkswagen in over 100 models of car, had suppressed information on a security flaw for two years.
The argument for public non-disclosure was to prevent compromises but is this a case of manufacturers putting their heads in the sand?
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