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Comment Re:Wildly Illegal (Score 2) 368

They would have to prove the owner knew someone was in the car at the time of him initiating the locking of the car. If anything BMW would be held liable for requiring "special knowledge" in order to unlock the car from the inside when a lock was initiated from the outside. Someone has died in a BMW from heatstroke due to this behavior and nothing has changed in the behavior. So I suspect it is unlikely any changes are made as a result from this case.

Comment Re: I call bullshit. (Score 5, Informative) 368

Page 38 of the manual states "Do not lock the vehicle from the outside with people inside the car, as the vehicle cannot be unlocked from inside without special knowledge." So if the car was remotely locked this would be the case. The owner of the car could have initiated the outside lock with the BMW Remote Control App. You have to press the lock button from inside the car to allow someone from the inside the car to unlock it.

Comment Re:I call bullshit. (Score 4, Informative) 368

The default behavior on BMW cars is that you have to pull the door handle lever twice to open it. The first pull unlocks thw door and it and the second pull opens the door. I've had passengers think they were locked in because while they pulled the handle once they couldn't open the door and I have to tell them to pull it again. I would be surprised if the guy was woken up by the SOS system with a CSR talking to him and he then pulls the handle once and thinks he is locked in since the door doesn't open. Then the CSR messes with the drugged up guy making him think he is locked in if there is any truth to the article and what was being said to him..

Comment Re:Damage control (Score 1) 611

This is not true. For example Anno 2070 on Steam 3rd-party DRM: Solidshield Tages SAS 3 machine activation limit Steam games are allowed to use any DRM they want. So it has both machine activation limits and at one time required an internet connection to play until Ubisoft changed it. You can buy MMOs on steam which require a subscription plus internet connection to play. Steam is a publisher and distributor. If they aren't the publisher, the game may come with an internet required DRM system.

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