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Activation lock is an excellent and super effective mechanism for theft prevention so this seems like a good thing, but it also makes me curious about how common theft of high end tractors is?


A quick google search shows claims of 1000 / month for heavy ag equipment, with under 20% recovery rate.

A remote kill switch seems like a useful bit of kit if it's not easily disabled and doesn't interfere with normal operations.


Basically never, because when somebody steals a tractor, they really do it because they need it, nobody would intentionally steal a tractor and there is no such thing as negligent or accidental theft.


Activation lock may the that excellent if the buyer would have a choice to buy it or not going to risk having an unactivated tractor.




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