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

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

These keyless ignition cars should never have been legal and the manufacturers should be on the hook for recalling and fixing them.

I’ve been saying that since they were first released.

That flipper zero (not disguising a car theft tool as a game device btw) can be used to attack said cars is irrelevant, because you could trivially order the parts to make your own.

I hate that the insurance lobby is winning out on security by obscurity via lobbying governments and putting out scary statements, instead of hiking the rates for Kia’s and other trivial to steal cars. The insurers are having their cake and eating it too by wanting to charge money but lacking the wherewithal to actually charge rates commensurate with risk.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 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"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 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.

[–] bassomitron 3 points 4 months ago

Where I live, insurance companies have been charging higher rates on most Kia models specifically because of how targeted they've become by thieves.