Your BMW can be stolen by any idiot with a $30 hacking kit

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Your BMW can be stolen by any idiot with a $30 hacking kit

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On-board diagnostics (OBD) security bypass kits, replete with reprogramming modules and blank keys, are reportedly enabling low-intelligence thieves to steal high-end cars such as BMWs in a matter of seconds or minutes.

According to The Register, the $30 bypass tools are being shipped from China and Eastern Europe in kit form to unskilled criminals.

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$30 is a small fortune in your monopoly money
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Well I'm convinced. If they nuke china will we really miss it?
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car thieves in this place would not know what OBD is, all they know about is a crowbar....
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THE_STIG wrote:car thieves in this place would not know what OBD is, all they know about is a crowbar....
You be suprised, they known about this for a very long time



excuse the producers using noob graphics to show a picture :P
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