Why is it possible to prevent car keyless prying robbery with "refrigerator"?

ByCaitlin Regan

You can unlock the car's door without taking out the key from your pocket "Keyless Entry System"Is convenient and at the same time it is said that security is high because it is difficult to forge keys. However, in recent years, it has come to avoid such security and open the key, and the crime which steals the thing of the gold eye which was inside was getting noticeable. It seems that there are a wide variety of approaches, there seems to be no silver bulletproof, but in reality it seems that there is a possibility of raising the security of the keyless entry system in an extremely simple way "Keep the key in the refrigerator".

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In the Los Feliz area where Mr. Nick Bilton lives in Los Angeles, America, there seems to be a frequent occurrence of damage caused by a car being vandalised during the past several months. Both are interesting things that were targeted at the gold eye that was placed in the car, which is characteristic of the damage situation, Bilton says. Generally on the scene of car vandalism is a scratch of a door that opened a key and fragments of glass broken into pieces are scattered, but at such a series of damage sites, such a trace is left at all It seems that it was not.

However, what was common to the damaged vehicles can be operated by radio with the keys of the doorKeyless EntryIt was of type that carried it. Mr. Heidi who lived on the hill was Mazda Axela, Simon who lives beyond the street was on the Toyota Prius and each suffered similar damage. However, the person who was further damaged going above that was Mr. Bilton who wrote the column. Mr. Bilton is surprised to say that he was injured three times in a car in a month.

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The most recent damage occurred in early April 2015, at that time Mr. Bilton seems to have worked in his kitchen at home. Time is around 9 o'clock and from the kitchen the street of the table is visible through the glass. At that time, one of the dogs owned by Mr. Bilton started raising a low beat.

When Mr. Bilton approached the window and asked about the outside, I saw young men and women, one by one, standing near Mr. Bilton's Prius. One of them, a girl in a baggy T - shirt got off the bicycle and took out a black device from the backpack that was carrying on the back. The girl approached the Prius as it was and opened the door as it was thought whether he was putting his hand on the door, and he went on to the Mr. Bilton Prius in large quantity.

Mr. Bilton jumps out to the table though it is taken by the accident. The two thieves hurriedly jumped on the bicycle and escaped at a stroke. Mr. Bilton also desperately chases to catch it, but at that time I was thinking about finding out what that "black device" was rather than catching a thief.

After that, the police came and verified on site, but I could hardly understand why the door was opened. Toyota dealer man came to confirm, but it seems that the reason was still not understood at all. After that, when I further call the police of Los Angeles to explain the situation, the person in charge informs me that "I will lock the key properly". Mr. Bilton who believed that he was locked, but gradually became unconfident about his actions.

ByNik Stanbridge

Mr. Bilton's doubts will gradually be revealed from the news release released by Toronto Police in Canada. It turned out that the damage similar to what Mr. Bilton received was frequent in Toronto. According to the release statement criminals can "cancel the vehicle's security systemdeviceIt has been presumed that we have a method to obtain ".

Toronto Police Service :: News Release # 31529


The existence of such a "device" has been clarified before and can be found any number of similar cases just by searching the net. But Mr. Bilton further investigated the situation. Then,IEEEFrom Diogo Monica, executive of the Public Visibility Committee (I triple e), he uses a sophisticated device such as a notebook PC and a transmitter to release the security system He said that he was taught that a "violent" device exists.

It is also known that this method has already been widely exploited, a famous thief incident occurred in a similar way, in 2006 the BMW of a car was stolen twiceDavid Beckham's Incidentis.

However, when I knew the existence of such a case, nothing was revealed about "the device" that Mr. Bilton saw. Mr. Bilton continued further investigation after that,National Insurance Crime BureauIt seems he found a thing close to that answer in a report published by the National Insurance Crime Bureau. In the YouTube movie publicly announced by the agency, its "device", the method of crime and its moment are included in the picture.

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The appearance of "device" that this is clarified. You can see parts like a silver antenna on a black device.


The moment of using this device. If you think that a suspicious man was standing around ... ...


Operate somewhat by putting the device near the locked part of the door.


Then the door was unlocked and the door opened easily.


Thieves steal laptops and road bikes that were in the car and leave the site.


At that time, you can see that the security of the vehicle is "normally" released from the point where the trunk is automatically closed and the auto close operation is activated.


However, even with this "device", although it is successful in releasing the door lock, it has not reached the point where the engine is run and runs away. In the National Insurance Criminal Bureau, we are accepting reports on cases.


Mr. Bilton, who is quite close to the truth,3 db TechnologiesWhen talking to Mr. Boris · Denev, I will tell you what I feel confident. Mr. Danef is a wireless security expert and heard that Mr. Bilton's episode quickly heard that the crime was using a device called a "power amplifier".

In a normal keyless entry system, when approaching a car with a wireless key and placing a hand on a door handle, a search radio wave is sent from the vehicle to the key. When the wireless key that received it receives a response (answer back), the key is released, but in the normal case the range is limited to a narrow range of several tens of centimeters. But once you turn on the "power amp" you amplify the search radio waves emitted from the vehicle many times and deliver the signal to the wireless key far away from the vehicle.

By doing this, for example, a wireless key placed on a kitchen at home reacts to radio waves, answering back, security is canceled and the door is opened is called "power amplifier" It is an overview of the mechanism. Parts that enable such a mechanism are eBay, Amazon, andCraigslistMr. Danev says there is something that can be obtained from.

Mr. Danef already told this matter to each car maker and measures measures to prevent malfunction by measuring the actual distance between the vehicle and the wireless key, but at the same time teaching methods that can be taken immediately It was said that it was. That way is "Keep the wireless key in the refrigeratorAlthough it was what was said, the refrigerator has a function to shut off radio waves from the outside due to its designFaraday CageThat is why it is said that even if an unauthorized radio wave is emitted it will not be affected. Mr. Bilton heard this, he made it soon to put the key of the Prius in the refrigerator.

ByCclark 395

Although it seems that it was not yet known whether the damage could actually be prevented afterwards, it seems that it is said that it is a regrettable content to finish with only a method backed up by theory with a laughter story. If you really cool down the electronic key in the refrigerator, there is a harmful effect such as the performance of the battery drops, so if you use a device that shuts off the radio wave, the same effect may be expected.

But first of all, it is important to not be targeted for stealing. It is safe to say that it can be said that the first step of security improvement is to keep things of the gold eye in the car is no mistake.

ByDavid Stillman