When I visited Los Angeles this week, I was fortunate enough to rent a brand new Toyota Prius. It’s a great car – not only does the hybrid sip gas, but it also comes with remote keyless entry standard ...
Car keys have quietly moved into the same place you already keep your boarding passes, payment cards, and transit tickets: ...
Cars with keyless entry systems are capable of searching for a wireless key fob that is within a couple feet of the vehicle, but car thieves can use a $17 “power amplifier” to boost the key searching ...
To keep a keyless car safe, experts recommend a combination of safety-conscious habits and judicious use of smart devices.
The device only costs $30, is readily available online, and can be used to allow a thief to get in your car. The device, and others like it, have police concerned. "We've had several reports that ...
Remote keyless entry has been around for a while – since the late 1980s, in fact – and today it’s almost standard on all new cars. But the pervasiveness of this feature is not without consequence. The ...
Hands-free car entry systems, which typically unlock car doors without requiring the pushing of any buttons when owners are close to their vehicles, provide great convenience. Unfortunately, however, ...
Ford said its Fiesta and Focus – the UK’s two top-selling models overall – now have new security technology which disables keyless entry fobs when not in use to block illegal hacking. The problem has ...