Experts ​alerted motor trade to security risks of ‘smart key’ systems which have now fuelled highest level of car thefts for a decade

Experts ​alerted motor trade to security risks of ‘smart key’ systems which have now fuelled highest level of car thefts for a decade.

  • sebinspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I’d also like to point out that most modern vehicles use rolling codes to prevent replay attacks. I’ve only recently learned this as I was concerned about devices like the Flipper making these sorts of techniques to people that otherwise would lack the expertise to put such a device together themselves

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      They can also take into account the time it takes to travel from the request to the response so if you’re 2x the distance away with a relay that somehow works in the middle, it would take too long and be rejected.