Vehicle theft is an issue that affects us all collectively. As cybersecurity and technology professionals, we recognize the importance of acting rapidly to reduce its impact on Canadians. That being said, we believe the federal government’s proposal, particularly the prohibition of security research tools, is ill-advised, overbroad and most importantly, will be counterproductive.
Having your car broken into or stolen because it has a lock that is useless would suck. This seems like one of those times a basic consumer protection regulation would make the most sense.
Do you think that the lock on your car is why it hasn’t been stolen? Perhaps you aren’t storing it correctly? Maybe we should mandate that all cars must be stored in a garage, our of public sight.
Models of cars that are easy to hotwire, for example, get stolen at a higher rate.
‘Having a garage’ is up to the consumer and often impractical and/or expensive. That’s pretty different in various ways from a company having to follow some standards for implementing encryption.