Porsche Owner Teased/rewarded with USB Key Fob

New owners of the tasty Porsche Panamera are being surprised by the arrival in the mail of a special package, a sweet USB flash drive shaped that bears a striking resemblance to their key fob which may have some owners chucking them out the window. The free key fob in the mail is closer to a $200 gift compared to a probably $50 USB flash drive. Nonetheless, it's very cool to see car manufacturers hopping on the computer bandwagon and getting into some tech. Source 'Autoblog' also makes the suggestion to manufacturers to switch to USB ignition keys. It's a very tempting idea indeed but we reckon the security issues would outweigh the gain. "Security through obscurity" has always been "key" for preventing high-end auto theft. Giving every script-kiddie access to USB-hack their way into a new Porsche would be far too tempting.

We would love to see more adoption of the standard in other areas though. Music and Navigation updates are trickling into dash mounted GPS systems and some car radios. Very few of the possibilities are realized until you set up your own carputer, but those are pricey and still require some serious DIY. Until then we'll just have to settle for putting a tiny sticker on our this USB drive. "My other drive is a Porsche too!"