Lock up your keyfobs!!

Had my 18 TRO OR stolen from the driveway. They amified the signal from our keyfobs and started the truck. From there, they reporgram and drive off with it!

It's a major theft ring happening in Ontario and Quebec.

You absolutely need to protect your keyfobs in a faraday pouch or metal box.

 

I'm sorry to hear the deadbeats stole your truck!
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but at a certain point, they can, and will, steal anything if they want it. They get snatched by tow trucks every night too.

 

I’m not terribly upset that my 10-year old base model has a good old ignition key, and no keyless entry, now!

 

No Timmies for them! Ever. I’m not even sorry

 

The poor bastards.

 

Yeah, sounds a little fishy to me too, but anything is possible.

 

This is a thing in some parts of Canada. I was reading about this last month https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/car-theft-1.5394747

 

I had to lock up my daughter
I had to lock up my wife
I had to lock up my back door and run for my life
I will be damned if I’m going to lock up my keyfob.

 

These little pouches are $11.99.

MONOJOY Faraday Key Fob Protector Signal Blocking Pouch Bag, Faraday Bag RFID Key Fob, Fob Guard Keyless Entry Remote RFID, Antitheft WiFi/GSM/LTE/NFC/RF Blocker (2 Pack)

https://www.amazon.com/Faraday-Blocking-Keyless-Antitheft-Protector/dp/B077XTMHZW

 

Its a real thing. They use a signal booster to capture the fob signal, then they have a reprogrammer tool to make a copy on a blank fob or chip.

 

That sucks, man. I'm sorry to hear that.

If you can get close enough to read the proximity sensor, you can clone a key from a distance. I doubt the amplifying principle, but it's semantics. It's doable, just like someone can unlock smart home doors, deactivate alarm systems, and change thermostat settings using lasers.

 

TNT!

 

Do they leave a note saying that they are sorry?

 

they don’t make it in MGM...

 

This sounds like a "relay attack" which typically uses a frequency receiver and re-transmitter.

The person with the receiver walks around the outside of your home, while the person with the relay device stands next to the vehicle. The typical keyless entry key fob is always transmitting, looking for the handshake from the vehicle's keyless entry system. The relay attack basically retransmitts the frequencies it receives, to the device next to the vehicle--the vehicle receives the frequency as though the fob is next to it.

In broad strokes, that's how it works.

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/just-pair-11-radio-gadgets-can-steal-car/

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-s...ck-keyless-vehicle-entry-systems-caught-film/

 

Those are garbage, as are the ones made by Ticonn; I've bought the pouches from both companies, and they've stopped working after a few weeks. The liner is very thin, and breaks down quickly.

I've replaced them with the Silent Pocket faraday pouches, and constantly test whether they continue to work. 6 months later, they still work, as advertised.

$20 SLNT Signal Blocking Faraday Key Fob Case with Silent Pocket - Car Anti Theft Device Shields Against All Signal Types, Includes RFID Blocking & Durable Faraday Bag, Fits Most Keyfobs (Blue, X-Small)

https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Pocke...YGA5MH9MQ2A&psc=1&refRID=ZKAMPSPV1YGA5MH9MQ2A

 

Sounds like the faraday or makeshift tin didn’t work.


“Goulis said after his last theft, Lexus told him to use a Faraday shield, which is an enclosure used to block electronic signals. He said he was also told to move his keys away from the front door.

In response, he moved his keys toward the back of the house and away from his vehicle, and used a Christmas cookie tin as a makeshift Faraday box.

Clearly, that didn't do the trick. Now, he and his wife are constantly feeling a little wary, he said.”

 

I've tried all of those tricks; the cookie tin, the metal drink shaker with a tight lid, an altoids tin inside another metal tin, etc.

Putting the fob inside the microwave or the fridge works (but the fobs don't live long after being in high moisture environments.)

 

If they steal mine, they will go 2 blocks and abandon it. It hesitates when you stomp on the pedal, the tranny hunts gears, they will put it in 4wd while trying to adjust the temperature, the heated seats will catch on fire, they won’t be able to see out of the back window because the headrests are too big, it has a nonfunctional hood scoop, a third brake light that can leak, a rear differential that does leak and whine, a rear view mirror that blocks their view, seats that are made for little people, a tranny that’s 1 quart low from the factory, dry u joints and the tires rub. Who the hell would want to steal that?