This has been around for 20+ years. It's a security feature that can often be disabled like here after Googling for 3 seconds: https://www.bitauto.com/ask/100122848912/ For safety, it's generally recommended to leave it on unless you want involuntary passengers.
I don’t know what this site is, looks like AI generated slop to be honest, but I can say that I have not found neither the option to disable it, not any report by any ID.3 forum user OR a corresponding entry in the user manual that would confirm the presence of this feature.
