![]() The key fob scam, or “relay theft,” is frighteningly easy for people to pull off. With keyless entry, the hotwiring car thief is a thing of the past. Here’s all you need to know about this scam and to learn how to protect your vehicle. What is very scary about this one is the fact that the fob can be safely hidden inside a car owner’s pocket or home while its signals are being hacked. In this scam, thieves use a simple device to pick up the signal from a vehicle’s key fob and use it to steal the car. Security experts are warning of a relatively new scam centered on key fobs. Unfortunately, though, this user-friendly feature is also a favorite for car thieves. Just press the “unlock” button to get inside and the “start” button to get the engine powered up, and your car will pick up the signals from your key fob. There’s no more fumbling for your keys when your arms are full of groceries or you’re toting a squirming toddler. And my personal info is being shared with the company that is installing the entry system and let's hope they never get hacked or ransomware.Keyless entry is one of the most convenient features of newer cars. These fobs presume I am the cause and/or responsible for any crime. If I lend my fob to a visiting friend, it will be de-activated, I will have to pay a re-activation fee to avoid that situation I now must tell the management, the super and the Board President I am having company visit or when I go away and have family or friend check my mail, water plants, I must tell the management, the super, the staff and the Board President -how is that not an invasion of my privacy, my right to have company. In my Coop building the Board President is nosy and will be looking at the daily fob histories. I not a security guard or a bouncer or a cop. What it does is it ties me to the entry of that stranger and makes ME responsible if that stranger commits a crime. As I enter my building and should a person enter behind me (called piggy-backing) how does a fob prevent this person from piggy-backing on my fob swipe? It does not. Notice how the words 'Crime Prevention' are not used. ![]() This is monitoring the residents and their activity. I think we will switch to numeric pins which share many of the advantages of fobs but can't be copied so easily with a little care. Even then it seems a matter of time before those are copied too. ![]() As convenient as they are, I am not sure they will last unless they is a way to copy protect them. Someone who had access to your fob could literally run to rite aid and make a copy while you are in the bathroom. He came back with three working copies in less than 10 minutes. It called Keyme and it costs dollars a copy. In literally 10 minutes my roomate was able to go to rite aid where they have a self serve key duplicator that is able to duplicate fobs too. When we go the new fobs we wanted to test if they were any different. Our building stitched from one fob system to an entirely different new fob system because we learned the first type of fobs were easily duplicated. ![]() One important aspect that doesn't seem to be recognized by the mainstream community is that fobs are very easily duplicated, very quickly and very cheaply.
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