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Posted on November 22, 2008 by Pearle Tsuji | Posted under Reference and Education
How To Steal A Car: What Thieves Know And You Don't
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Imagine that you have just bought a new car. It is easy to think further and to imagine that your new acquisition will attract unwanted attention. A well known way between thieves about how to break into a car is to force the window in order to get inside. Once they do that, they open up the hood, search for the ignition cable and take the battery to a halt. If you have a car alarm installed, it will just be dismantled in a few seconds, and your car will no longer be where you parked it. In Europe, car thieves like very much to use the following method. With a specialized 40-bit code sequence, they manage to unlock the car, then work on the security system and, while breaching in, removing the original code with a new one. This way, the alarm system will be tricked into believing that the new code is the owner's code, and, therefore, it will become deactivated. A study about stealing cars and the methods used by seasoned thieves, called Johns Hopkins/RSA study, the researchers showed how the ignition of a car can be initiated when you use a laptop with all the tricks implied by Basic Encryption 101. This is able to scan the car in less than one second, without the owner of the car suspecting anything. The laptop is used to generate possible variations, until the right one is found. Then, breaking in the car is just a breeze. Many modern cars, these days, come equipped with the Advanced Anti-theft system. If you want to buy a model with the latest security anti-theft equipment, you will find this system in brand cars like Ford, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Hyundai and Chrysler. If you buy one of the following models: Plymouth Breeze, Crown Victoria, Mercury Marquis, Lincoln Continental, Dodge Neon, Ford Windstar, Jeep Cherokee, or Nissan Pathfinder, you will take advantage of all the sophisticated anti-theft systems that are out there. These system have immobilizer features. This is how this works: the immobilizer has a transponder with an unalterable identification code, that works by the use of radio frequency and signal powers. If you want to get to keep your fancy new car, consider the fact that the thieves always keep up with the latest technology. A cutting edge ignition key that cannot be altered is the right solution, for now. About The Author: Visit www.articleclick.com for additional article contributions by Pearle Tsuji. |
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