Car theft is way up
There has been what La Presse calls an explosion of car thefts since what it also calls the end of the pandemic. This is far from the first time it’s reported that most vehicles stolen here are either shipped overseas or dismantled for parts.
Kevin 10:43 on 2023-01-24 Permalink
I’ve read multiple articles over the past two months of car thieves from Montreal being arrested in Ottawa and Toronto in search of new vehicles.
In almost every case the thieves are targetting vehicles (especially the Dodge Ram) with electronic key fobs because they’re easily hacked if the owner parks in their driveway and leaves their keychain within a few metres of the front door.
Ephraim 11:03 on 2023-01-24 Permalink
The car manufacturers don’t have an interest in stopping this, as it creates an need for new cars. The insurance companies don’t have an interest as it creates a need for insurance. Government has to intervene. That is how the last round of changes to cars were made, including the habit of not putting a keyhole on the passenger side… when the British government put in new laws requiring that more parts be engraved.
What we need now is 128 bit to 256 bit encryption between the key and the electronics in the car. And in cars that have cellular connections for navigation, a kill switch by VIN that manufacturers are required to install.
Oh… and maybe a few police setting up traps
Ephraim 14:58 on 2023-01-24 Permalink
To fix car thefts, we need federal laws… because neither the car manufacturers nor the insurance companies have an interest in stopping car theft. The last changes were set in motion by the British government.
Cars need to have 128-Bit to 256-Bit encryption from the key to the computer, so the computer won’t work if you don’t have the electronic key. Need to over-ride? You should need to put in a 128-Bit key. For example (H+MbQeThWmZq4t7… you don’t have the key, you have to type that in, then you have a challenge, it gives you a phone number and a key number. You call the manufacturer, they validate your information, they take the key number from the screen, you type in the 6 digit key and the car starts. It should be THAT complicated to start a car without a key
And we could do what cities like YVR do… bait cars
Orr 00:02 on 2023-01-27 Permalink
Le Soleil recently reported that a Trois-Rivières man has found his stolen F-150.
Unfortunately, it was found in Cameroon.