Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts::The Canadian government plans to ban the Flipper Zero and similar devices after tagging them as tools thieves can use to steal cars.

  • febra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    7 months ago

    Next, ban radio waves, because car companies are too damn dense to create a proper product lol

    • sebinspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      I’m surprised no fobs use a time-based token to prevent replay attacks. Would make it a bit of a bitch to replace the battery, but hey-ho, tradeoffs.

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        41·
        7 months ago

        More of an issue with the fob being to connect to a service to get the current time. Technically possible, but would add cost. And if that time is ever out of sync it just won’t work.

        • sebinspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          7 months ago

          I can put an RTC in an Arduino for about $8. It keeps time accurately. If it gets out of sync, maybe a Bluetooth connection to let it do an NTP request through another device.

          Cellular connectivity is not required.

      • Chriswild@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        7 months ago

        Instead of a time based token they should have authentication. To start the car you need biometric or passcode or Bluetooth to connect and the fob.

        For the life of me I don’t understand why my phone has better security than my car.

        • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          Cause what’s in the title is normal news. That’s why. Dumbasses having power to decide for us that it’s the tools to blame.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        They use rolling codes that aren’t susceptible to FlipperZero anyway. This is a dog and pony show.

          • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            7 months ago

            It’s been that way for a long time, it’s just kinda the accepted way. The vehicle builders had seen what garage door systems problems came about from hard-switched or dip-switched codes and just went that way from the start.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_keyless_system#Security

            The newer vehicles have these always-on systems now, the owner doesn’t have to press a specific button. So theives can amplify the fob signal that’s constantly being emitted in the house and get the car to open, then program new keys once they’re in the vehicle and drive away. But that has nothing to do with the Flipper, that’s just a radio repeater.