Car Key Cloning Device??

[b8er1234]

Noticed near my car today in Sainsbury's car park there was a weird look device on the floor.

It was a car key shaped circuit board, and soldered to it was a usb adaptor, with then a micro usb cable plugged into it the usb adaptor.

Cant see anyone stupid enough to try and break into a car in a busy car park along with cameras etc may have been there already. Just thought it was a bit strange seeing something like that in such a busy area.

 

[eltawater]

I'm not sure what use that would be, given that the physical locks are not linked to the transponder chip for the immobiliser so it could be in the shape of a doughnut for all it matters.

Are you sure someone hasn't just dropped and run over their retro mp3 player/ memory stick?

 

[Deleted member 103408]

Noticed near my car today in Sainsbury's car park there was a weird look device on the floor.

It was a car key shaped circuit board, and soldered to it was a usb adaptor, with then a micro usb cable plugged into it the usb adaptor.

Cant see anyone stupid enough to try and break into a car in a busy car park along with cameras etc may have been there already. Just thought it was a bit strange seeing something like that in such a busy area.

I would say that sometimes doing this stuff in public is the best place as people don't think anybody would steal a car in a public car park. They would know where the camera's are so can be seen but in a hoody, no face.

and on a simular note (lifted from a paper web site)

Cases of ‘lifting’ - where the vehicle is lifted onto the back of a truck - have increased steadily since 2009, and accounted for around 12 per cent of car thefts in 2011 and 14 per cent of thefts so far in 2012.

One criminal confessed: 'I’ve lifted cars in broad daylight. Flat bed truck and a luminous vest and people think you’re a clamper. They’re lifting more for tax and insurance now, so as long as you look the part no-one cares.'

 

[teeth2k]

Raspberry pi?


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