Run across this on fox news.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/08/ ... lkswagens/
They mention software defined radio, but really this was a thing back when a old modified VCR/TV tuner or police scanners were the way to go.
I guess I should add that many of the older versions of these so called wire less keys have even worse security than the Volks Wagons mentioned above.
There is a certain prank rumour/story that made the rounds among engineering student back in I believe it was the late 90's and I finally saw a variation of it on the internet a couple of years ago.(Still looking for a link to the article or story.)
The common rolling code was broken or compromised back around 2007, but in one way these wireless key codes were broken from the start, at least for pranks.
The simplest version of this rumour told of a group of engineering students borrowing as many wireless keys as they could get their hands on and then taking binoculars, various sizes of metal pipes and various sizes of dishpans and parking within (hopefully at least a Half mile away) line of sight of a large car dealer ship and then finding which vehicles in the car lot happen to be at the right place in there codes that will accept one of the wireless keys you have.
The story goes that given 10 to 30 wireless keys and a large car lot will net you 1 or 2 vehicles that will accept 1 to 2 of your wireless keys.
The story goes that you need range extending pipes and dishpans because you will want a 2000 plus foot head start because many car salesmen were once college/high school "jocks" and even if they are letting themselves "go" you need to REMEMBER it is very hard to run or fight anyone when your busy rolling around laughing at the antics you have just put all those poor sales men through.
A golden key to the back door
I've always thought the idea of purposely putting a back door in any program let alone an operating system was the highest sort of stupidity, naturally it is something our government/criminals want/require and that all other governments/criminals are going to spend fortunes to reverse engineer.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3106726/ ... vered.html
hmelton
Edited to fix a wall of text error and then to ad "go" to the Jock joke.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/08/ ... lkswagens/
They mention software defined radio, but really this was a thing back when a old modified VCR/TV tuner or police scanners were the way to go.
I guess I should add that many of the older versions of these so called wire less keys have even worse security than the Volks Wagons mentioned above.
There is a certain prank rumour/story that made the rounds among engineering student back in I believe it was the late 90's and I finally saw a variation of it on the internet a couple of years ago.(Still looking for a link to the article or story.)
The common rolling code was broken or compromised back around 2007, but in one way these wireless key codes were broken from the start, at least for pranks.
The simplest version of this rumour told of a group of engineering students borrowing as many wireless keys as they could get their hands on and then taking binoculars, various sizes of metal pipes and various sizes of dishpans and parking within (hopefully at least a Half mile away) line of sight of a large car dealer ship and then finding which vehicles in the car lot happen to be at the right place in there codes that will accept one of the wireless keys you have.
The story goes that given 10 to 30 wireless keys and a large car lot will net you 1 or 2 vehicles that will accept 1 to 2 of your wireless keys.
The story goes that you need range extending pipes and dishpans because you will want a 2000 plus foot head start because many car salesmen were once college/high school "jocks" and even if they are letting themselves "go" you need to REMEMBER it is very hard to run or fight anyone when your busy rolling around laughing at the antics you have just put all those poor sales men through.
A golden key to the back door
I've always thought the idea of purposely putting a back door in any program let alone an operating system was the highest sort of stupidity, naturally it is something our government/criminals want/require and that all other governments/criminals are going to spend fortunes to reverse engineer.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3106726/ ... vered.html
hmelton
Edited to fix a wall of text error and then to ad "go" to the Jock joke.