I'd refine this to, the cylinder for the lock did not care what key you put in, it woul open it anyways. So the key looks secure, but the lock is a joke.
The automobile key pool used to be small. Some Eastern European car manufacturers had only a few, the joke was they wouldn't get stolen: once you've been inside one you've had enough
As a 90s kid, the Dodge Omni was a common shitbox student car. I think they had like 8 key patterns lol.
My brother’s ignition key unlocked my friends’s trunk. There were a few people who could start other peoples cars. In one case, a soccer player “stole” a football players unlocked car as they looked identical and were parked near each other. In another as a prank we unlocked cars to roll them out of parking spots and physically lift them into unusual places.
And the key has no notches, and so inserting a screwdriver into the lock and turning works just as well as using the key.
That was reality in the eighties! You could open some cars using a popsicle stick as a key. Fun times!
One time after locking my keys in my '87 Toyota pickup, I just used a swiss army knife in desperation. Opened instantly
My dad used pliers to open the trunk! Even thought us how to do it so we could help him out.
Must have been a high trust society.
It was the reality with Kia a few years ago.
I think this is the best parable - a master key with no notches.
I'd refine this to, the cylinder for the lock did not care what key you put in, it woul open it anyways. So the key looks secure, but the lock is a joke.
You can use a lollipop to open it.
Except it's still not good enough, because you could use that key to eavesdrop nearly anything and anyone.
Hyundai & KIA did essentially that.
Weren't Mazda 626s notorious for this
4 notches
That's perilously close to a standard door key, and thats way too much security compared to these certs.
The automobile key pool used to be small. Some Eastern European car manufacturers had only a few, the joke was they wouldn't get stolen: once you've been inside one you've had enough
And the key is a LEGO brick.
And the key on top of that can be used to open every other car that exists.
They did!
As a 90s kid, the Dodge Omni was a common shitbox student car. I think they had like 8 key patterns lol.
My brother’s ignition key unlocked my friends’s trunk. There were a few people who could start other peoples cars. In one case, a soccer player “stole” a football players unlocked car as they looked identical and were parked near each other. In another as a prank we unlocked cars to roll them out of parking spots and physically lift them into unusual places.
Beyond that, they didn't even properly key the key! They carved one notch in by hand!