Comment by DebtDeflation

Comment by DebtDeflation 17 hours ago

The current gold standard for vehicle theft protection is:

IGLA system to block the CAN bus, LIN bus, and ODBII port. It also protects against key fob cloning/relay attacks.

A hidden physical kill switch that cuts off the fuel pump relay (the company 41.22 makes a drop in that doesn't require wire splicing).

A hidden GPS tracker with an onboard backup battery in the event the car battery is disconnected.

None of this stops someone with a flatbed from simply towing your vehicle away, but at least the GPS tracker will give you a window to locate them.

unnouinceput 16 hours ago

If I have a towing tool for your car, be sure I have a Faraday cage too to block all your GPS trackers while I dismantle the car. Think big truck that is isolated from both sound and electromagnetism and I simply hack at your car with my wrenches, selling your expensive Tesla for parts.

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DebtDeflation 15 hours ago

That's an issue once the tow truck gets where it's going, but the GPS tracker will record/broadcast the path there.

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- exhilaration 13 hours ago
  
  GPS jammers are less than $30 on Alibaba, truck drivers have been using them for over 10 years [1] to defeat their bosses tracking devices.
  Multi-Band Jammers are $1000, burglary rings are using those to block all Wi-Fi, cell, GPS signals - check out this arrest report from last week in Pennsylvania [2]. If I was a high-end car thief, like in Gone in 60 Seconds, that's what I would use.
  [1] https://www.theregister.com/2013/08/12/feds_arrest_rogue_tru...
  [2] https://dauphin.crimewatchpa.com/lowerpaxtonpd/3730/cases/or...
  
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  avidiax 7 hours ago
  
  That's a professional car thief starter pack right there. I wonder what the Windex and shaving cream are for.
  
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- stavros 11 hours ago
  
  It doesn't take much to jam GPS, I'd imagine a small handheld device could easily do it. The GPS signal is already below the noise floor.
  
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