Loot cars, device costs $17, no broken windows

[zztop7]

For $17 to $100 you can buy an amplifier that boosts the signal between the keyless fob & car. The car can then be looted. Some work up to 100 meters. People are keeping their wireless keys in their freezers and other Faraday like cages.
zz.

 

[treitz3]

Hello zztop77. Couldn't this same technology be used to gain access into a house via the garage remote?

Tom

 

[zztop7]

I do not believe this exact one could accomplish that, but there is a similar problem.
An amplifier device might be developed [probably has] that could work on keyless house locks; especially the "smart house".
My thoughts: Smart house = Dumb house. When something goes wrong, you cannot go to Home Depot & pickup a $3.00 switch & fix it [smart light switches can be over $100. each]
Deep Smart house technology is expensive to fix, service, and becomes obsolete every few years. Obsolete: try to get parts, try to get someone who truly understands the system.
I KNOW. My house was outfitted with extensive Smart; I did NOT do it. Much of it has been replaced. Most of it cannot be replaced. Just the lighting has 3 massive panels of transformers & electronic switching devices in the mechanical room & transformers in every area of the attics [sometimes I think of my mechanical room as an aircraft carrier engine control center].
Best to you treitz3,
zz.

 

[wisnon]

For $17 to $100 you can buy an amplifier that boosts the signal between the keyless fob & car. The car can then be looted. Some work up to 100 meters. People are keeping their wireless keys in their freezers and other Faraday like cages.
zz.

Explain more please.

 

[zztop7]

A more comprehensive overview would be to do some Google searches; try:

car theft using keyless entry

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/style/keeping-your-car-safe-from-electronic-thieves.html?_r=0

http://www.forbes.com/sites/josephs...ems-allows-anyone-to-open-and-steal-your-car/

http://www.networkworld.com/article...ak-into-cars-with-remote-keyless-systems.html

etc.

Explain more please.

zz.

 

[FrantzM]

Having been the victim of a similar feat ( Itjink I opened a thread about that) I can only concur ... While I am a fervent user of the Internet and of many other things technological, I have my serious doubt about this notion of Internet of Things ... Soon it will be possible to hack into more than our private lives; The entire Infrastructure of many Nations thus the lives of their citizens is at stakes.. This is no joke. We are on the cusp...

 

[still-one]

I do not believe this exact one could accomplish that, but there is a similar problem.
An amplifier device might be developed [probably has] that could work on keyless house locks; especially the "smart house".
My thoughts: Smart house = Dumb house. When something goes wrong, you cannot go to Home Depot & pickup a $3.00 switch & fix it [smart light switches can be over $100. each]
Deep Smart house technology is expensive to fix, service, and becomes obsolete every few years. Obsolete: try to get parts, try to get someone who truly understands the system.
I KNOW. My house was outfitted with extensive Smart; I did NOT do it. Much of it has been replaced. Most of it cannot be replaced. Just the lighting has 3 massive panels of transformers & electronic switching devices in the mechanical room & transformers in every area of the attics [sometimes I think of my mechanical room as an aircraft carrier engine control center].
Best to you treitz3,
zz.

I agree but only up to a point. Sure technology is changing but prices are coming down fast. I haven't had to carry any keys for about a year now. My car just requires the fob and I have keyless entry for the the main doors we use in the house. I can keep track of my lights via the web and the price on the latest and better units are down to ~$50. For most operations for lights etc you no longer require large panels such as you noted.

When on vacation or traveling if my doors are opened with the code I have given someone I am sent a text message.

 

[wisnon]

Thanx.