Comment by blibble

yeah, this is what the article is describing as to what it was like in the early 2000s (assuming no moronic key reuse)

the problem is they "improved" the usability

it was safe when you had to push a button, but now roles are flipped so the car is the initiator, and doing it constantly

the protocol is now subject to a whole entire extra class of attacks it was never designed to deal with