Gone in 20 seconds: how 'smart keys' have fuelled a new wave of car crime

Highlights:

- A graph showing car theft is increasing in England and Wales, and a quote from a major insurance company: "owners of modern keyless vehicles were twice as likely to make a theft claim"

- References (with links!) to security research predicting the problem in 2011

- “The prevailing view was that criminals are nowhere near educated and smart enough to break into the internal car electronics,” he said. “What they didn’t realised was that somebody would make a box and automate it all for them.”

- No mention of the Flipper Zero, instead "The Observer last week found a range of devices for “programming keys and emergency starts” being promoted online for up to £5,000"

- Hyundai say they are working with the police, but Toyota are improving their technical security.

They have a second article on the same topic, also published today: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/24/revealed-car...

A key sitting stationary in your house shouldn’t have any reason to transmit until it’s moved. You can still keep the key in your pocket since you’d have to walk to your car, thus activating the radio.

This is not referring to the flipper zero right? Doesn’t seem like that’s possible

I know it's not mentioned but seeing it's popularity with car thefts and impending ban how does it even stop the problem.