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Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago (www.theguardian.com)
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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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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seems like keyfobs need an on/off switch for signal broadcasting.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 9 months ago

Honestly this is a great idea. You could likely even make one yourself with a couple wires, a switch and a piece of tape.