Hands-free car entry systems, which typically unlock car doors without requiring the pushing of any buttons when owners are close to their vehicles, provide great convenience. Unfortunately, however, ...
German researchers demonstrated how many cars are vulnerable to an inexpensive and effective technique. ADAC, the German Automobile Club, is sort of the AAA of Germany. Recently, the group revealed ...
Why keyless cars are easy pickings – and how to keep yours safe - Using inexpensive devices, thieves can unlock and start vehicles in seconds ...
While having a classic muscle car is a pretty cool thing, adding modern conveniences makes it even better. Let's face it: Using a key to unlock the door is not that bad when it's just you getting in ...
I've never really been crazy about proximity keys, mostly because I'm a scatter-brained fool. The overall car industry loves them, though, and most new cars use these types of keyless entry systems. A ...
Car thefts in the U.K. have increased 50 percent over the past five years, with more than 100,000 cars stolen in England and Wales just last year. WhatCar did a deep dive on the problem and found that ...
When I visited Los Angeles this week, I was fortunate enough to rent a brand new Toyota Prius. It’s a great car – not only does the hybrid sip gas, but it also comes with remote keyless entry standard ...
Digital security research Samy Kamkar has been on a car-hacking kick lately. Last week, he revealed a homebuilt device that can intercept signals from the OnStar smartphone app to track, unlock, and ...
Police across the US and Europe are sounding the alarm about a quiet kind of […] ...
Over the past five years the number of stolen vehicles has almost doubled, according to Home Office figures, and it seems that keyless car technology could be significantly to blame. New research from ...
Apple wants iPhone owners to be able to use their mobile devices as alternatives to a keyless entry system for their car, with a proposal that would let users unlock and start a vehicle simply by ...