Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
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Re: Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
#2But people still blindly trust carmakers to make reliable and difficult to hack fully software-based and with always-on internet access self-driving vehicles.
They can't even secure the thing that directly unlocks your car and enables thieves to steal it.
Re: Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
#3Nothing new, has been going on for a while now. Market is already providing your own "cage of Faraday[0]" for your fob.
[0]https://www.amazon.com/faraday-cage-key-fob/s?page=1&rh=i%3A...
Re: Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
#4It seems to me like there is often just as much creativity in thievery as there is in entrepreneurship.
Re: Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
#5Two factor authentication for cars, here we come! Though, searching for this phenomenon shows articles at least 3 years old warning to get Faraday cages or otherwise wrap fobs in aluminum foil.
But do they really transmit all the time, or do they contain accelerometers or something to prevent battery from being wasted?
Re: Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
#6> Key fobs are constantly broadcasting a signal that communicates with a specific vehicle, he said, and when it comes into a close enough range, the vehicle will open and start.
Why is it transmitting without the user pressing a button? Is that a feature? As you walk up to the car it automatically starts like magic? I'm not familiar with these newer cars.
Re: Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
#7> Key fobs are constantly broadcasting a signal that communicates with a specific vehicle, he said, and when it comes into a close enough range, the vehicle will open and start. Why is it transmitting without the user pressing a button? Is that a feature? As you walk up to the car it automatically starts like magic? I'm not familiar with these newer cars.
Yes, it’s called keyless entry and ignition system.
Re: Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
#8Looks like we have a new modern interpretation for 'boosting'
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Boosting%20C...
Re: Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
#9Two factor authentication for cars, here we come! Though, searching for this phenomenon shows articles at least 3 years old warning to get Faraday cages or otherwise wrap fobs in aluminum foil. But do they really transmit all the time, or do they contain accelerometers or something to prevent battery from being wasted?
>Two factor authentication for cars, here we come!
in other words, requiring a button press.
Re: Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles
#10Nothing new, has been going on for a while now. Market is already providing your own "cage of Faraday[0]" for your fob. [0] https://www.amazon.com/faraday-cage-key-fob/s?page=1&rh=i%3A...
Yeah this has been a thing for years in the UK. Myself and my wife put our keys into a metal lunch box in the hallway which mitigates this problem, which was prompted by both next door neighbours getting their cars broken into.