Sir, Izabella Kaminska, in “. An analogue solution to digital car crime” (December 6), describes how modern car thieves can capture signals from remote key fobs often kept near owners’ front ...

This, the story implies, could be attributed to a new type of vehicle theft in which hackers essentially relay and amplify the signals coming from key fobs to another relay box located near the car.

It was supposed to be a spirit-lifting dinner between friends. But after one of their cars wouldn’t start, a TikTok user ...

Advances in technology have brought convenience but also new vulnerabilities. One such vulnerability is the ability of a ...

Your car's key fob is totally hackable, but there's a simple way prevent potential break-ins and theft. ... just like the “Faraday cages” the bags are named after.

You can test how effective your homemade Faraday cage is by seeing if a caged key fob can still lock and unlock your car doors. If it doesn’t work, then your key fob signal is protected.

How do I protect my key fob from thieves? The single most important tip is that car consumers should always store their key fob in a metal container or a metal wire bag often called a Faraday cage ...

Canned key fob. He held up his fob and said, “This should be something we don’t need to wrap with foil. It’s 2018. Car companies need to find a way so no one can replicate the messages and ...

With many key fobs vulnerable to hacking unless they are, say, wrapped with aluminum foil, security experts say carmakers will soon require fingerprinting. You heard correctly. Fingerprints are ...

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