Experts ​alerted motor trade to security risks of ‘smart key’ systems which have now fuelled highest level of car thefts for a decade
  • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    111·
    9 months ago

    This seems a lot more complicated and much worse than just using actually cryptographically secure keys to verify that it’s the real key.

    • Ledivin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      65·
      9 months ago

      Or just not storing your key where it can be repeated 🤪 this attack is 100% mitigated by some distance or just fuckin’ aluminum foil.

      • Calcium5332@lemmy.worldEnglish
        82·
        9 months ago

        You would need to put your keys in a faraday cage.

        Distance doesn’t matter, as they can just use a bigger antenna or better amplifier. You find footage of people using large loops of wire to capture the signal from the keys

      • piecat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        Sure, you could and probably should do that. But is that something the consumer should have to do?

        At what point is a design flaw/defect the consumer’s responsibility?