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2015-10-25 Science & Technology

Unlock your car with a wireless keyfob? So do the bad guys.

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Posted by Skidmark 2015-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 At work, it would be a bigger problem then at home. In one, office might be 20 such keys and there is generally little problem to get access to the cars.

Posted by BernardZ 2015-10-25 03:37|| 2015-10-25 03:37|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Just thinking that the folks REALLY susceptible to this will be car dealers. All it will take is a hack fob, night, and a faked 30-day tag, and they're gone - and can be hundreds of miles away before anybody knows.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-10-25 08:02|| 2015-10-25 08:02|| Front Page Top

#3 This is why I keep the keys to my Cadillac under my tinfoil hat.

Posted by gorb 2015-10-25 10:16|| 2015-10-25 10:16|| Front Page Top

#4 How does that 24 hour test drive work? How do they keep you from Identity thefting some paperwork and test driving off into Mexico?

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-10-25 12:17|| 2015-10-25 12:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Is there a fob for keyless cars?

Damn right there is.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2015-10-25 12:18|| 2015-10-25 12:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Ignition kill switch

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-10-25 14:33|| 2015-10-25 14:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Killer Goldie's are your best resource

Posted by Shipman 2015-10-25 15:24|| 2015-10-25 15:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Let'em start it...

Posted by Skidmark 2015-10-25 17:29|| 2015-10-25 17:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Ship, had a co-worker, good friends, brought his dog played fetch scratches yes yes. Went to pet the dog at the post office.

Oh. No.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-10-25 18:03|| 2015-10-25 18:03|| Front Page Top

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