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LSC_71 The Wonderful World of Electronics
Charles Current: Welcome to the Locksports gastro weekly source for Locksports news and sometimes interviews. This is episode 71 recorded October 9th, 2021. I'm your host, Charles Current in today's episode. Masterlock Bluetooth padlocks. Amazon wants access to businesses, homes and apartment buildings, home depots, Bluetooth power tool activation.
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[00:01:15] This episode is going to be a little bit. Uh, news was a little light in the Locksports this week, but I had a big pile up of articles from the last few months having to do with electronic security devices and electronic locks and stuff. So I thought it would be a good time to get some of those taken care of first up is the story that was sending in called master lock introduces most secure Bluetooth enabled padlock yet with new Bluetooth pro series padlocks and the byline on this is not credited to a person it's credited to PR news.
[00:01:47] It's a press release. It's basically free advertisement that they send out two papers and I'll read part of the press release here. It says a culmination of 100 years of security expertise Masterlock has expanded its Bluetooth enabled product family with the introduction of its pro series. The new high security padlocks come with a variety of shackle options, durable weather cover, and software compatibility.
[00:02:11] Offering businesses enhanced security and cloud-based simplicity for job sites and facilities of all sizes. Masterlock Bluetooth pro series padlocks offer new security and functionality options within the master lock vault enterprise system. Providing businesses with the most convenient way to control access, manage assets and improve accountable.
[00:02:34] Well eliminating the cost security risk and complexity of physical key management by utilizing Masterlock vault enterprise businesses of all sizes can experience seamless integration with the extended family of master locks, indoor and outdoor padlocks lock boxes and door controller for comprehensive security with no incremental credential fees.
[00:02:58] Featuring a numeric 10 digit key pad for improved flexibility administrators and authorized employees can now gain that easy access to locks through manual codes. In addition to access via mobile app post serious padlocks come equipped with durable weather cover for outdoor use and enhanced weather resistance as well as three shackle options, standard long and shrouded for enhanced security in a variety of commercial applications.
[00:03:26] The combination of durable materials and flexible access options make the integrated solution. Master locks, most secure Bluetooth padlock yet with our Bluetooth pro series padlock and master lock vault enterprise system, businesses can secure and monitor access to expensive equipment and other critical assets from the convenience of their smartphone or web interface, audit history via master lock vault enterprise software also facilitates critical infrastructure regulatory complaint.
[00:03:54] This saves businesses, time and money with no incremental fees to use our cloud-based software with integrated system delivers a quick and substantial return on investment. So again, this is just a press release, basically an advertising piece from a PR company working for Masterlock take it with a grain of salt.
[00:04:13] Obviously it is Masterlock and we know that our idea of six security's. The question is, did they put any more time and effort into the security of their digital solutions than they did their physical solutions? And this next story, it was put out by the associated press, Joseph Pisani Amazon's mission getting a key to your apartment building.
[00:04:35] And it says Amazon is tired of ringing doorbells. The online shopping giant is pushing landlords around the country sometimes with financial insights. To give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment building doors themselves with a mobile device. The service launched in 2018. Dub key for business is pitched as a way to cut down on stolen packages by making it easy to leave them in lobbies and not outside Amazon benefits, because it enables delivery workers to make their rounds faster and fewer stolen packages, reduce costs and could give Amazon an edge over its competitors.
[00:05:10] Those who have the. Device already installed. Say it reduces the constant buzzing by delivery people. And as a safer alternative to then giving out codes to scores of delivery people, but they say the program may stir security and privacy concerns. Amazon said that it does background checks on delivery people, and that they can only unlock doors.
[00:05:31] If they have a package in hand to scan. But tenants may not know the Amazon drivers have access to their buildings front doors. Since Amazon leaves it up to the building's management to notify them. Ashcan Salanti, I'm probably butchering that name, a privacy researcher who was senior tech advisor to former president.
[00:05:50] Barack Obama said that any device connected to the internet could be hacked including the one by Amazon and bad actors could try to unlock the. He's quoted as saying you're essentially introducing a foreign internet connected device into an otherwise internal network. Amazon didn't respond to questions about potential hacking.
[00:06:10] The device has already been installed in thousands of us apartment buildings. They sometimes leave a clue placing around sticker with an Amazon smile logo on buzzers, where the device has been installed. They say Amazon salespeople have been sent across the country to urge building managers to install the device.
[00:06:26] The company has reportedly even partnered with some local locksmiths to push it on building managers while they fix locks. Amazon installs the device for free and sometimes even throws in a a hundred dollars Amazon gift card. So Tawny said he learned about key for business when he was approached by two Amazon salespeople who wanted access to the building where he lives in Oakland, California.
[00:06:48] Building management declined and no device was installed. However, another landlord in Chicago said he agreed to have the device installed in four of his buildings as a way to reduce package theft, which was getting so bad. He was considering building a package Dropbox outside the article says currently only us postal service has a way to enter apartment buildings in order to get to mailbox.
[00:07:13] Ups says that has tested away for workers to enter buildings without buzzing tenants teaming up with the smart lock company in 2018. But that test ended and ups declined to say why in the next paragraph in this article is interesting. It says Amazon has wanted to walk through people's front doors for years in 2017.
[00:07:31] It launched a way for shoppers to let delivery people come into their home when they're not there and leave packages in the. Walmart did the same shortly after, but it's delivery. People also stock the fridge with groceries, Amazon and Walmart don't say how many people were using those services, but both have expanded them to more cities.
[00:07:51] Recently in 2018, Amazon set its sights on apartment buildings, launching key for business and signing up big landlords to install the device in their developments. But the push seems to have accelerated in the last year or so with Amazon deploying sales, PayPal nationwide. Recent job postings in Miami and San Antonio say Amazon salespeople can make 3000 to 11,000 a month in bonuses and commissions.
[00:08:17] Amazon won't say how much it's spending on the effort. Total. The article points out that not all Amazon packages can be delivered through the front door. And according to shopping data, the company only delivers about 60% of its own package. So, I guess if you live in an apartment building in a big city, one that has a locked front door that you have to buzz in, you might check the area around the buzzer and see if it has an Amazon smile logo.
[00:08:44] And Amazon is not satisfied with just getting access to businesses and apartment buildings. They want access to your garage. In addition to the Amazon key system is key by Amazon in garage delivery. They build it as a way to receive packages directly inside your garage. Basically it will work much like the apartment system, the driver will be able to scan a package and then request access to your garage.
[00:09:10] And the Amazon service will grant them access to open the garage door, leave your package inside. They have a little FAQ here, says what is key by Amazon in garage delivery says protect your packages by getting them delivered in you. The safety of your home. Perfect for when you're at work away or even on vacation eligible prime members can shop on Amazon and choose in garage delivery.
[00:09:36] At checkout you'll receive a mobile notification before the delivery driver opens your garage door and immediately after it securely closed with an optional Amazon cloud cam, you can watch the delivery in real time or see a video clip later. They say your security is our top priority. That's why you always have total control.
[00:09:56] For added layers of security, we confirm the authorized driver is at your address with the correct package before you grant access, no access codes or keys are given to the driver. And you can also block access for, from the key by Amazon app. If you change your mind on delivery day, I like this quote.
[00:10:16] Achy by delivery. Amazon driver says I am a prime customer. Also. I know how I would want my package delivered. So I always keep that in mind when I deliver packages for my customers. Yeah. To let, to the ones who throw it on the doorstep, they don't even sometimes come into our front door is behind a deck with a gate.
[00:10:37] It's not a locked gate, but have to deliver drivers don't even want to step onto the deck. So they just throw it at the front door from. So, yeah, I trust them. And the fact continues with, are there any restrictions they say you can receive tens of millions of prime eligible items with in grudge delivery, excluded items are items fulfilled by a third party seller items that weigh more than 50 pounds items with dimensions that exceed 26 by 21 by 16 inches and any items that require a signature.
[00:11:11] So what do you think would you. Let them have access to your apartment building or your garage. Do you trust the security? Let me know, leave a comment. The next article was home Depot plans to foil shoplifters with power tools that won't work. If they're stolen. This was prom insider says to combat thieves.
[00:11:32] Home Depot is introducing power tools that won't work. If they're. Home Depot, executive Scott Glenn spoke to insider about the company's efforts to stymie shoplifters. He said the goal is to stop these without looking like an armed encampment. It appears the technology is aimed primarily at stopping professional large-scale shoplifters.
[00:11:53] And it says home Depot is unveiling power tools that won't work unless they're properly scanned and activated at the register via Bluetooth technology. If a thief managed to smuggle. A power drill out of the store without paying for it. The drill simply won't turn on Scott Glenn, home Depot vice-president of asset protection told insider about the company's fight against organized retail crime.
[00:12:16] He made a point to distinguish between professional shoplifters and disorganized solo thieves. The pros he said frequently are connected to a larger network that can, in some cases, function as sophisticated shadow. They are very organized groups with leaders at the top that are recruiting people that are drug dependent, homeless, or down on their luck and offering them incentives and providing shopping lists to go out and bring back certain products at the top levels of these hierarchies.
[00:12:44] There are absolutely good administrators that understand the return on their money. If they're that well organized. Do you think possibly that they might be able to recruit somebody with the ability to deal with this? With the Bluetooth activation or get an insider to activate some of them, maybe, maybe not interesting.
[00:13:07] Let's see how it works out. If they actually implement it. An interesting set of tweets was shared with me about the Facebook blackout that we had. This particular tweet said Ella Mayo friend at Facebook confirmed. They ended up bringing in a guy with an angle grinder to get access to the server cage, and then look in an a.
[00:13:27] Post. He said they straight up have no physical key holes, like anywhere on the campus. And I guess they extended that philosophy to their server farms. The funniest part was my first time having a meeting there. I pointed out to my host AVP that none of the doors have key holes. So what happens if that system goes down, he laughed it off saying, oh, I'm sure we pay someone to think of that.
[00:13:50] Apparently not, but reading through the thread, I'm not sure what the truth actually was here. Or if there's some. Whitewashing going on after the fact, but in an article by the New York times, part of the story says some Facebook employees who had returned to working in the office were also unable to enter buildings and conference rooms because their digital badges stopped working.
[00:14:13] Security engineer said they were hampered from assessing the outage because they could not get to the server areas. And then at the bottom, it has a correction that. An earlier version of this article, misstated a Facebook team's means of getting access to server computers at the data center in Santa Clara, California, the team did not have to cut through a cage using an industrial angle grinder and the original person who tweeted said, apologies.
[00:14:39] Facebook has said neither an angle grinder or a drill was used to access the facility, but there were physical barriers that our engineers work their way around. Not sure how accurate the original story was, or if there's some sort of whitewash afterwards, because Facebook is embarrassed by what happened.
[00:14:58] I mean, they, they're very specific saying that the team did not have to cut through a cage using an industrial angle grinder in say they didn't have to cut through a deadbolt or a padlock or something else. And just very specific, they didn't cut through a cage using an industrial angle. Could it be that the original story was just all hyped BS.
[00:15:23] It could also be that they're playing on a technicality to get out of that specific statement. And Jeff Moss shared a video on YouTube called Howard Smith of awesome Bohannan lock company, given distinguished alumni award from Hillsdale college. The description on that video set on September 24th, 2021 Howard Smith president and CEO of Wilson Bohannan lock company was honored by his Alma mater Hillsdale college.
[00:15:51] He was awarded the distinguished alumni award for business management. Howard is a 1968 graduate from Hillsdale college where he majored in history and minored in business. And going over the Wilson Bohannan website, it says that Wilson Bohannan is the oldest family owned padlock company, still producing padlocks in the United States.
[00:16:11] A fact that Wilson would certainly be proud of. It appears the original Wilson Bohannan filed his first patent in 1860 that's by my calc rough calculations. That's what like 160 years ago, pretty impressive to have a family run business running that long. I really had no idea they had that much history.
[00:16:31] There are locks are still used by a lot of the utility companies out here. So they obviously have some pretty good contracts keeping them going. It says something like they make 5,000 locks a day right now, all basically custom orders. So anyway, interesting video, you might want to check it out in community news this week, Georgia.
[00:16:53] Jim has what appears to be the first public pick of the multi Lock 800. He says there's not any notable changes from the original design. They made the alpha spring pin and pin versus the older, solid pin, but nothing to improve the issues that existed with the empty five plus like slider balance, weak slider, bidding, and no counter milling in the key pens.
[00:17:16] Anyway, link to that video in the show notes. Congratulations on the open Georgia gym and there was new post on the tool. Black bag blog called lockpicking forensic. And a quick apology. I posted that on Twitter. I think maybe a couple of people that saw the post. I thought maybe it was my article. Let's be clear.
[00:17:34] I don't write, I speak into a microphone. So if I'm linking to a blog post, it's not my article, I'm just sharing it because I thought it was interesting. I'll just read the start of the story here and then discuss just a little bit. It says I, Walter have created a geocache that requires some RSA hacking and subsequently lockpicking.
[00:17:54] I bought an Avis Titanic. 64 40 padlock to be picked. Several people were able to find it by teaming up together. The feedback I got was that people spent considerable time on The Lock. Sometimes several hours in separate sessions. Geocasher number 15 was unable to lock, pick the Lock, even though he had practiced on an identical lock at home, I offered to go with him to give him advice.
[00:18:21] He couldn't open it. I also couldn't quickly. I took the original key and that would not open it by not fully inserting the key and wiggling. I succeeded in opening. He then discusses taking lock home, taking it apart and shares what he found with pictures. And I really encourage you to go check out this blog post and look at those pictures because the state of those pens is something I have never seen before.
[00:18:50] It looks like this Lock was subjected to prolong. Very aggressive raking. If you want to see what kind of damage can be done to a Lock by being aggressively raked, this is a good example. Well, I'm not sure how to say the name of this lock properly, but over on the Lock Pickers, United discord, Dr. Hog master showed some pictures of a couple of destructively gutted ulema seven 50 padlocks.
[00:19:18] The seven 50 is the one with the 360 degree free rotating core. Unfortunately. It would appear that there are no gullible door cylinders for sale anywhere currently. So if you want to work with this Lock, the padlock is the only option. And if you want to examine the core for possible exploits or ways to pick it, it looks like you will have to destroy the padlock to get the core out.
[00:19:40] He shows a couple of different ways that he managed to get in, to get the cores out. So if you remember the discard, you can head over there and check that out. And we have an update on the Jonathan's made perfect studio, right? He says the made perfect studio charity raffle is finally complete and ready to be drawn.
[00:19:58] Later this month, they've raised over 1000 pounds. Now the main prize is as follows one Locksports commemorative epoxy river board by made perfect studio 29 piece lockpick set from LA lock tools includes the full Ridge back set, 17 lock master lock pick set with tension tools from the fix. 10 tension tools from LA lock tools.
[00:20:24] Five skeleton keys from LA lock tools. One VELCO case from Lala tools, one south or jackknife, one Dangerfield decoder set one, the sparrows Septor and cylinder from lock newb, one steel pinning tray, one custom lock pick from Matlock pit one lever lock from Andy Mac one 3d printed tray. Two padlocks new inbox from Bilbo Baggins, one padlock from made perfect studio, one lock for made perfect studio.
[00:20:58] And one challenge coin from Panda looks like quite the prize list. So if you're interested in getting in on that raffle, you still have some time. So I have a link in the show notes. If you were in. Quick update on Bromium Corbin lock, keyless entry, one, the draw to be the next to attempt it. So I will be shipping that off to Australia, along with a couple of the PacLock that were one in my last giveaway probably will be a little bit, cause I won't be able to ship it out until Monday.
[00:21:24] And that shipping to Australia and quarantine period and stuff can take a little while. For interesting videos this week, there's a set of videos put out by lockpicking dev called making custom lock picks. And there's several parts it's. He says, this is an accompanying video series to my talk at shell con with a more in-depth step-by-step demonstration of how to make your own lockpicks and handles.
[00:21:52] I think there was like seven parts or something like that. When I looked at it. I started watching one of them, but I really didn't have time to finish, but it does look like a very in-depth series and, uh, something I plan to watch here when I get some time. And I recommend you check it out too. And Mr.
[00:22:08] Black magic put out a video called Kwikset smart key gen three reversed sidebar, bypassed picked, gutted, and explained. He gives a really good overview of the mechanism and how it works and how to pick them using a shim down the sidebar channel really worth checking out has some really great visuals, some great up-close pictures of the mechanisms and where the shim goes and all that stuff.
[00:22:33] So definitely way better quality than the one I made a couple of years ago. So definitely worse. Moving on to meetups. We have St. Kahn, October 18th through the 22nd Utah valley convention center. Provo, Utah, keynote speakers are lockpicking lawyer and Stephanie Carruthers also known as snow. Definitely go check that out.
[00:22:52] If you're in the area and the MLA expo 21, October 22nd through the 24th in Telford international center, Telford UK, if you happen to be in that part of the world, you might want to check that out. And if you're down in Texas, We have lock camp at Lockhart state park, Lockhart, Texas, November 12th, through the 14th.
[00:23:15] And over on Twitter, I Fisk shared the Pico pick minuscule lockpicking set. Their website says the Pico pig is tih. K's answer too bulky lockpick sets that are hard to comfortably carry on your person. The matte black case is in conspicuous and easy to forget about on your key chain until you. The smallest lock pick set on the market.
[00:23:37] The Pico pick is just over two inches long, under half an inch wide, and a quarter of an inch thick. Don't let the unassuming size fool you. It has everything you need to pick. Most pin tumbler locks in an emergency situation. In addition to a w rake and half diamond, the Pico pick set includes a removable tensioner, all stainless steel, which is good.
[00:23:59] Cause you wouldn't want that resting in your pocket. It says the overall size. Is 2.06 inches, which is 52.3 millimeters long 0.4, five inches or 11.4 millimeters by quarter-inch or 6.3 millimeters. Total weight is 0.18 ounces or about five grams stainless steel, 3 0 1 half hard tensioner and pics body is reinforced composite plastic.
[00:24:27] You get a w rake and a half diamond. Any removable tensioner, the set is currently sold. But it looks like they normally sell for $29 us each, if you're interested, there'll be links in the show notes. And in the replies to that, somebody mentioned the pocket pick by Martin Newton. And according to her reply, he left the pocket pick is back in stock and you can contact Martin Newton on his email.
[00:24:56] There'll be a link in the show notes to the, to his reply, to. With his email in case you're interested in picking up one of the pocket picks, they look like a really good quality pick, no updates on Lock Pickers, United belts this week. I didn't see any new purple or above ones to announce and didn't have any special requests for announcements.
[00:25:14] Didn't see any updates on speedlocks.org tournament or new records or anything set there. So nothing go on there. So we can move right onto the brake. And I'd like to say thank you to the people that made this episode possible. I'll start with the special, thank you to the anonymous person who donated $10 this week.
[00:25:32] So with that producers for this episode include anonymous and all the Patriot subscribers. Those are Meddler Panda-Frog Michael Gilchrist. Starrylock Williams' brain, Dave to deciphered, pat from uncensored tactical, pH pecker, three records and a coach or. Pattycakes Dr. Haagen master Clayton Howard, AKA Coulton.
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[00:28:16] Try to keep it to about five minutes max. But I would really appreciate any stories that you can send in. And this next story is a combination of a locksmith or an strange Lock story, and it's from pop. So it was titled PSA, locksmith scam, quick update. What actually happened was even stranger is by prince of Petworth and it said, dear Pottsville, I just wanted to share a scam that I unfortunately fell victim to this morning.
[00:28:48] I locked myself out of my house. I had a nest lock that I was able to unlock, but we also had a regular entry door lock in the door knob for which I had accidentally left the keys in. I called the company, which had great Google reviews with that service, you call dispatch and they send out a technician.
[00:29:07] It locksmith arrived and began working. She spent about one minute trying to pick the lock. And then before I knew what she was doing, she pulled out a drill and completely destroyed the Lock. She claimed it was necessary and then offered to sell me a new one for $125. This was on top of the 250. She had already charged for the service.
[00:29:25] This all seemed wrong since it was a regular door locked, no deadbolt. No damn. I started to look online and it turns out this is a named and recognized scam. It is almost never necessary to drill out a regular lock unless the key has been broken in a reputable locksmith wall. So look for alternatives to drilling, including inquiring about other entry doors that they might be able to pick.
[00:29:47] If the first one doesn't work there's locksmiths spent 10 minutes total at my house. I'd estimate she tried alternatives for about one minute before pulling out the drill, which I have documented on my nest cam. So either she's incredibly unskilled as a locksmith or else. He was really hoping to get me on the hook for a lock replacement.
[00:30:05] On top of all that, I called the company back to ask to speak with the manager about the issue. They immediately told the locksmith who is just at my house that I had called to complain. She phone in text bombed me for several minutes, asking why I complained. I did not know why a company would share that information with someone who has my address and knows my entry lock is compromised, but it made me feel pretty unsafe.
[00:30:28] Just wanted to let others know in the event, they are locked out to avoid this scam. The websites I've looked at that report, the scam say only call locksmiths who have local numbers, not 1-800-NUMBERS. And to let them know you expect them not to destroy the Lock. If you think it's unlikely to be necessary.
[00:30:47] So they are aware, you know, about the. Then the writer came back with another update, said I wanted to send a quick update. Since I learned the company wasn't responsible for the issue that I experienced, but what actually happened was even stranger. The plot definitely thickened. Since my first email, I didn't hear back from the manager after three attempts to reach someone.
[00:31:09] So I posted a negative review online. I immediately started getting calls and texts from another phone number. The man that I spoke with very urgently wanted me to remove the. He offered to Venmo me the $250 back after I received it. I took down the review tonight. I got a call from the company that I called this morning and for whom I left a negative review, I guess it was up long enough for her to see it turns out they recently contracted a call center.
[00:31:36] That call center had sent me to a different company. Then there's most likely the people who came to my house were paying off the call center to route calls that shouldn't have gone to the other. This is why dispatch called the scammer directly to say that I had complained instead of forwarding my call to the manager and why they were so upset that I left a bad review for the wrong company.
[00:31:58] It turns out the one they were filching business from. She says, the man I had spoken to earlier in the day from the scam operation mentioned something like, you know, a lot of people don't want to go to Southwest DC as the reason they sent. I suspect the truth is that they thought they could take advantage of someone in Southwest DC.
[00:32:18] They probably have done so in the past, the number he called is from affiliated business called park Heights, locksmith. The woman I spoke with from the legitimate company, he said they are going to stop using the call center in October. When the contract runs up after that, it will be safe to call that company in the meantime.
[00:32:36] And really anytime best advice is never to call a locksmith with an 800. Apparently this type of scam is on the rise. We've heard about that scam before. I think I've reported on it here before I recall there being one story where person called the locksmith service, one locksmiths showed up and then another one showed up afterwards.
[00:32:59] It sounds like there are some of these call centers are scamming both the locksmith services that are being hired by as well as the customers. Look for somebody with a local business page, with a local number, and then, uh, ask a lot of questions onto the criminal news, and we're gonna stay on the electronic security front.
[00:33:21] Here. We have electric scooters inside carjacked Penske truck allow police to track vehicle suspect in Redford township. This is from Redford. Vehicle stolen from Wayne state university suspect in custody police around Metro Detroit. We're on the lookout Wednesday night for a Penske truck carjacked at Wayne state university.
[00:33:43] However, police were able to track the truck because of what was in the back electric scooters that were inside the truck. The back were sending their signals, allowing the police to track the vehicle coming down grand river avenue in record time. The suspect is now in custody. The owner uses a truck to pick up scooters to recharge for the next day.
[00:34:03] So no lockpicking in that, but just a, an interesting case of modern electronics and their trackability tripping up the criminals. The next story was titled Haddonfield place recover. Two stolen cars in Elizabeth had failed police recently recovered two stolen cars in the port of Elizabeth before they could be shipped overseas.
[00:34:22] Police announced this is Haddonfield, New Jersey. The cars were recovered before they could be loaded into a container and shipped overseas. Haddonfield police said any social media posts, please have learned that someone is driving around town, looking for side view mirrors that are not retracted on cars.
[00:34:41] I assume on specific models that have retractable mirrors could not all of them do they say this is indicates that the cars are not locked once inside the car, they searched for the car start button to see if the fog is still inside. They are looking for cars in which the fog is left inside because this prevents the car doors from being locked.
[00:35:00] They use the fog to start and steal a car. Then they drive up the New Jersey turnpike to the port of Newark Elizabeth, where they are loaded into one of almost 1 million containers that pass through the port annually before the owner is even aware that the theft. Hadn't failed. Police detectives are working with multiple jurisdictions and agencies in this ongoing investigation.
[00:35:25] So the lesson there don't leave your Bluetooth. Bob in your car might as well just leave the keys in the ignition of the old car. It's the same thing. If you leave in the fog in there to ask them for it, and this next story was actually reported on by both the BBC and the son U K. I'm going to read most of this information from the BBC.
[00:35:47] It says Yorkshire gangs game boy device could unlock cars in seconds. A gang of car thieves used a handheld device disguised as a Nintendo game boy to steal vehicles worth 180,000 pounds. They stole five Mitsubishi Outlanders by using the gadget to bypass the car security systems. West Yorkshire police said the device is worth 20,000 pounds and could unlock a car in a matter of seconds.
[00:36:14] The trio all from Yorkshire where jail that leads crown court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to steal the three were arrested after a Mitsubishi Outlander was stolen from a driveway in Shoals. On 20th of July CCTV footage of the theft showed them unplug the car from its charging point before using the device to unlock and start it.
[00:36:36] When officers stopped three men, they found the GameBoy style gadget hidden in a secret compartment in their car. Please said footage recovered from Paulson's phone, showed him demonstrating how quickly and easily the gadget gave them full access to the vehicles, accompanied by a commentary and mocking tones.
[00:36:54] Please add that the significant investment required to buy. One of these sophisticated devices suggested the thefts were planned and orchestrated primes. And then the son UK went into a little more depth about how they understand the system. There are several different ways for criminals to steal your car using keyless technology.
[00:37:15] But the most common is the relay attack. Clever kit amplifies the signal from between the car and its key. Tricking the computer into thinking it's key. If it's closer than it is by taking the signal from the key and making it more powerful, the car thinks that the key is right next to it. Unlocking doors and starting the engine.
[00:37:34] Normally working in pairs one thief will stand next to the car with. And the other will prowl the perimeter of the house with another trying to connect to the weak signal from the keys inside. If a connection is made between the device, then the car can be opened, started and driven away in just 10 seconds.
[00:37:51] Devices are small, sometimes resembling handheld gaming devices. When they go into talking about how to prevent theft and real attack, they go through the usual. They recommend basically a steering wheel lock a club, um, but also potentially putting your keys in a metal box or Faraday cage when they're in the house, making the signal weaker and blocking it so that they can't relay it.
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