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the onus is on them in the sense that people will stop buying them. I do not think it is the government's responsibility to micromanage, no.

the scenario you proposed is already possible with face unlock and identical twins and look-alikes. should we sue Apple?



People already have the cars. And the 2023 models don't seem to be affected. So getting people to stop buying them is sort of pointless (because the people who already own them are now stuck holding the bag). If the government has no business getting companies who produced a flawed product that—as you suggest—people should stop buying to fix their products, why exactly do we have standards at all? What part of "you have an obligation to issue a recall that fixes the product" is micromanaging? That could be done with a court order.

> the scenario you proposed is already possible with face unlock

I didn't mention face unlock. Any fingerprint sensor that is trivial defeated is fundamentally broken.


> I didn't mention face unlock. Any fingerprint sensor that is trivial defeated is fundamentally broken.

I know you didn't. The point is that your phone can be accessed by those who are not you.

and the standards should be around safety


The identical twin thing affects 1 in 250 people, and I think we could reasonably expect an identical twin to know the risks of face unlock without having to spell it out for them. So if you’re an identical twin, and you don’t want your twin accessing your phone, you set a passcode instead.

Kia owners don’t really have an alternative. The car is defective.




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