Antitheft system on rental cars bricked them if they moved without the engine on to prevent thieves from towing the cars. Only it caused the cars to brick in ferries.

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Unintended consequences ;-) but I can see rental companies have quite a challenge retaining their cars

There’s so many ways this goes wrong. It’s an arms race, and anything that makes criminals profit from GPS jamming (the next logical step) is bad for all of us.