When I visited Los Angeles this week, I was fortunate enough to rent a brand new Toyota Prius. It’s a great car – not only does the hybrid sip gas, but it also comes with remote keyless entry standard ...

Scary news out of the DefCon conference in Las Vegas this weekend: Your car may not be as safe and secure as you think it is. Hacker Samy Kamkar made a presentation on a device he created called ...

Remote keyless entry has been around for a while – since the late 1980s, in fact – and today it’s almost standard on all new cars. But the pervasiveness of this feature is not without consequence. The ...

Automobile remote keyless entry systems (RKE) were introduced in the 1980s. They've proved to be a big hit, making it easier for the grocery-laden to unlock their cars and sparing many of the ...

Good morning! It's Monday, February 26, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you ...

Cars with keyless entry systems are capable of searching for a wireless key fob that is within a couple feet of the vehicle, but car thieves can use a $17 “power amplifier” to boost the key searching ...

I've just read the item titled "Wave machine", and can provide you with a bit of clarification on the matter. The keyless entry and ignition system in the Toyota RAV4 will probably use a small radio ...

My 2008 Toyota RAV4 has a smart entry keyless system. This morning I went into a nearby garage to fill up with petrol and when I attempted to restart the car, I got the message that the key was not ...

Susceptibility to keyless ‘relay attacks’ has resulted in ‘Poor’ security ratings for the DS3 Crossback, Mazda 3, Toyota Rav-4 and Volvo S60, in Thatcham’s latest round of testing. In March this year, ...

Toyota has unveiled a new device aimed at allowing anyone to share their car. The Smart Key Box (SKB) can be installed in a vehicle so as to provide access to people via their smartphones. The SKB ...