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Security Codes On Keys Cracked? - K_OS - 02-01-2005
From http://www.thecarconnection.com
Those transponder-based security chips implanted in some car keys as a security device may have met their match. The Associated Press reports that researchers at Jonhs Hopkins University have found a way around the immobilizer units, which use the electronic components to bar thieves from starting and stealing vehicles. The team studying the security devices says a relatively inexpensive electronic device could obtain the information needed to bypass the chips. The specific radio-based units that could be overridden are featured on more than 150 million vehicles made by Ford, Toyota, and Nissan; the systems are similar to those found at some gasoline stations that allow customers to wave a fob at the pump, automatically charging the total to a credit card on file. The Hopkins researchers say they've cracked those devices too - but experts put the likelihood of thieves committing thefts by the school's methods low.
Security Codes On Keys Cracked? - BerinG - 02-01-2005
how do you break the gas pump cards ... free gas!
Security Codes On Keys Cracked? - ANTHONYD - 02-01-2005
Does this mean someone might steal my car?
I'll make things easier.
The keys will be in the ignition.
Security Codes On Keys Cracked? - BerinG - 02-01-2005
if you are lucky enough.. the key will be STUCK in the ignition (see other thread)
Security Codes On Keys Cracked? - 2001 ZTS - 02-02-2005
I'd leave the keys in the ignition of the running Focus but the stupid doors randomly lock themselves with no input from me. Just like that time I exited the running vehicle to reattach the antenna after a car wash.
I love carrying two sets of keys everywhere. :rolleyes:
Security Codes On Keys Cracked? - ANTHONYD - 02-02-2005
2001 ZTS,Feb 1 2005, 01:46 PM Wrote:I'd leave the keys in the ignition of the running Focus but the stupid doors randomly lock themselves with no input from me. Just like that time I exited the running vehicle to reattach the antenna after a car wash.
I love carrying two sets of keys everywhere. :rolleyes:
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I used to keep a second key wired under the bumper of my old Sunfire. :lol:
I forgot to tell the guy who bought it.
I'll bet it's still there! :lol:
Security Codes On Keys Cracked? - Zoom - 02-02-2005
BerinG,Feb 1 2005, 01:44 PM Wrote:if you are lucky enough.. the key will be STUCK in the ignition (see other thread)
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Har dee har har... lol
Security Codes On Keys Cracked? - tdot-zx3 - 02-02-2005
Why do universitys even waste their time......
Theives know how to undo immobilizers on all cars that have them 'other' ways.
This is nothing new. Nothing at all.
Although the gas pump thing is rather interesting, but its simple science, anyone with some knowledge on how electronics and radio waves work could easily build such a device.
Ben... Calling Ben... :P