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Hacker Shows Off $30 Device to Unlock Nearly Any Keyless-Entry Car

-Digital security researcher Samy Kamkar has been on a car-hacking kick lately. Last week, he revealed a homebuilt device that can intercept signals from the General Motors OnStar smartphone app to track, unlock, and remote-start a car connected to the app. Now, he’s showing off something even more sinister: A $30 device that can copy the coded signal from just about any car’s remote key fob, allowing him to lock or

Hacker Shows Off $30 Device to Unlock Nearly Any Keyless-Entry Car

-Digital security researcher Samy Kamkar has been on a car-hacking kick lately. Last week, he revealed a homebuilt device that can intercept signals from the General Motors OnStar smartphone app to track, unlock, and remote-start a car connected to the app. Now, he’s showing off something even more sinister: A $30 device that can copy the coded signal from just about any car’s remote key fob, allowing him to lock or