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Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Experts alerted motor trade to security risks of ‘smart key’ systems which have now fuelled highest level of car thefts for a decade.

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[–] shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not just a car theft tool, its not really even intended for that. It's just a neat little multi tool and it isn't even close to the first or only device capable of repeating recorded codes. A hammer can be used to break into a car really easily and nobody's ever called those "car theft tools disguised as hand-tools"

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes sorry if that was miscommunicated. It's a neat multi tool, that has a fun design. It's not a tool for stealing cars, but can be used for that kind of thing.

Really its a wonder we didn't have really simple radio tools for theft before.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl -1 points 8 months ago

It's not a tool for stealing cars, but can be used for that kind of thing.

Not any cars sold in the last 40 years.