RE: Video: Key fob reprogrammers steal BMW in 3 mins
Discussion
VladD said:
or put in a new OBD port and reroute the wiring there, whilst wiring the original port up to something very high voltage/ampage.
and then get 10 years for manslaughter when said scrote or worse a fitter at bmw when you forget to tell them gets zapped !!!!Interesting spin from the manufacturers.. " its because we have to have an open port " mmm you dont have to make it quite so easy to access it without setting off the alarm !!!
MX7 said:
I always love that argument! So is stealing cars but that clearly hasn't stopped people.roadwolf said:
MX7 said:
So is stealing cars.I agree with the other poster regarding the tone of the article; standardised OBD is a good thing for us all and should not be removed.
It's software security that's required, not removal of a life wire to the ports themselves. We wouldn't expect to access a corporate computer network without some kind of security credentials and the same should apply to a cars management system.
It's software security that's required, not removal of a life wire to the ports themselves. We wouldn't expect to access a corporate computer network without some kind of security credentials and the same should apply to a cars management system.
mrloudly said:
Why not cover the port with a cover linked to the alarm system? To get port access you have to remove the cover which trips the alarm. It's not brain surgery...
IIRC OBD ports have to be installed with 2 feet of the driver and can only be placed behind a cover that doesn't require tools to open it. Again, all designed for ease of use by every garage etc to stop dealer tools etc being used.Simplest solution has already been hazarded on - if the alarm is on and the OBD is activated -> alarm goes off. If someone authorised programs a key in this fashion without unlocking the car the alarm will go off, but that doesn't matter.
my vw golf has the obd port in the centre consul so its not possible to get to it without the alarm going off. So, although the story mentions its possible with other makes (because obd ports are standardised), its not really true that all the manufacturers are susceptible. I think the story makes light of it being a BMW problem. BMW chose to locate it where they did.
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