Electronic break ins
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Cops in Texas recently seized one of these boxes so it will be interesting to see what comes from this. More than likely a simple function generator. This is the problem when you send criminals to school...
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There have been similar reports before, but the devices have turned out to be impractical for normal crooks to use. It will be interesting to see how this one turns out.
Either way, most thefts from a car involve an unlocked car, or a rock through the window.
Either way, most thefts from a car involve an unlocked car, or a rock through the window.
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The number of combinations on a C6 is in the millions or more. The number of physical keys is normally a few hundred at most. Just the other day I was scanning TV channels and a show jumped out at me when a guy was repossessing a large boat and he had every key made for that model - all nine of them!
In one of the many previous threads on this topic I posted a link to a university study which found a theoretical way to do this. It involved creating a repeater station and linking the car to the owner with the FOB with portable transmitter/receiver pairs very close to each. Close being within a foot or less to avoid timing delays. So if you have someone standing right on top of you ...
