@JennyList it's even more ridiculous than that. Regulations put in place in Canada in the mid 1990s already solved this problem. The flipper zero is only practical to use in stealing vehicles of model years prior to 1997, or that are equipped with non-compliant aftermarket remote systems.
The auto theft problem in Canada is heavily demand driven. Organised crime "buys" cars from thieves to flip to foreign buyers. Canada has an unusually lax auto export regime allowing exporters to get cars onto ships before paperwork is complete, and by the time issues are found the cars are physically out of our jurisdiction and almost impossible to recover.
The most effective (but least politically sexy) mitigation for this issue is basically changing the workflow for export permits, not messing with technological minutiae.
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