Costco Canno Supremo Beano!!!
Posted on 07/09/2018 8:16:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Given that the best way to store your car keys at night is by putting them in a coffee can, what's an ex-FBI agent's advice to protect cars from theft during the day? Wrap car fobs in aluminum foil.
“Although it's not ideal, it is the most inexpensive way,” said Holly Hubert, a cybersecurity expert who retired in 2017 from the FBI in Buffalo, New York. “The cyber threat is so dynamic and ever changing, it’s hard for consumers to keep up.”
Now, as CEO of GlobalSecurityIQ, she suggests clients go online and spend a few dollars and buy what’s called a Faraday bag to shield the fob signal from potential theft. Imagine a traditional sandwich bag made of foil instead of plastic. Thing is, the car is always waiting for the fob signal. Thieves can buy legitimate devices that amplify the fob signal sitting unprotected in a purse, a pocket, on a counter at home or even just copy the code to access the vehicle.
Copying code from key fobs isn’t difficult. And this is something the auto industry and insurance companies are monitoring closely.
The cheap (or homemade) metal protection covers, named for the scientist who figured out how to block an electromagnetic field, can prevent thieves from having access to vehicles with a wireless fob. Currently, thieves can capture fob signals from outside a home, office or hotel room.
“You know it works if you can’t unlock a car door when the fob is inside,” said Moshe Shlisel, CEO of GuardKnox Cyber Technologies and a veteran of the Israeli Air Force who helped develop cyber protection for fighter jets and missile defense systems . “The credit card holders don’t work because they’re essentially a net rather than a wall.”
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Technology is just warp & woof of “rigged”!
GyG@PlanetWTF?
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There, fixed.
There is no “Key fob” for a 1997 ford ranger.
Go ahead. One of mine is a company car. Care les if it gets ripped off.
My personal car is a five speed. Nuff said.
My wife’s car is insured.
To all who pointed out cans are still available, I guess that just proves that I’m really not a coffee drinker and don’t pay attention in that aisle of the grocery store except for the K-cups I get for my wife’s 1 cup/day.
Mea Culpa.
Costco Canno Supremo Beano!!!
Been to Safeway or any other supermarket lately? Lots of coffee still come in cans.
“Copying code from key fobs isn’t difficult. “
These fobs have had code scanning, thousands of times per minute, since 1991.
WTF ?
See post #25 - I’m in the store plenty, just not a coffee drinker & my wife uses K-cups for her small coffee fix. No Safeway here - gone before the turn of the century.
Great, so if you want to unlock the door, what do you do? Take it out to use and be prone to interception? Likewise, what is the point of keeping it in a can when at home?
I’ll just keep it under my tinfoil hat!
> When was the last time anybody bought coffee that was in an actual metal can????
About a month ago at Aldi. Good long-term cheap survival coffee.
No big deal. Idioms aside, you simply asked!
Or just have an enterprising mechanic remove the electronic crap from your car and install a keyed system.
Aren’t the cardboard ones foil lined? I’ll know in a few weeks when my stock is rotated to the two “cans” I bought on sale. (Otherwise, it’s the plastic jugs from Costco...)
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Help me understand...is a car key fob constantly sending? Or just when you use it?
And always be aware of your surroundings.
Hands out of pockets and your head on a swivel.
Sad.
5.56mm
We live in a nice country club neighborhood. Everyone parks their cars outside except us. In the driveways are expensive trucks, BMW’s, Mercedes, and the other day I saw one of the neighbors bought a new Range Rover. It’s parked in the 105 degree heat in the driveway. I’m sure their garages are full of really expensive stuff that would bring about $200 at a yard sale. Lol
Our cars are always garaged and the junk goes to Goodwill.
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