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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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[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Even worse is that their recall only disables starting if you lock it with the fob. You can program a cheap fob if you can turn the ignition switch. It would take an extra 30 seconds or so if you knew what to do.

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