Category: Blog
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Subaru Remote Spoofing and How People Can Unlock Your Car
The Subaru Fobrob exploit has been publicized and sourcecode released. This guy made the materials for this with less than $100 worth of hardware. Some more links to information about bypassing car alarms using electronic methods: Wired article about $11 hardware to spoof remotes Smithsonian article about car theft
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You aren’t supposed to glue locks onto the door…
I was wondering why this lock wouldn’t come off the door! Whatever goon committed this atrocity must not have realized there are screws to be tightened behind the plate.
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Impressioning: making a key for a lock with only a file and a key blank
Sometimes the easiest way to make a key for a lock is to impression it. You take a key blank and wiggle it around and then look carefully for any indentations on the key blank. These marks you file down and repeat the process until the key turns. This allows you to replace lost keys…
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Schlage NDE80 errors, flaky firmware or flaky bluetooth drivers?
Most locksmiths don’t care for adding technology to locks because with increased complexity comes increased number of vulnerabilities. Making a lock that works with your phone could be really cool if it works well and the security features prevent other android apps from stealing your password. The featureset for this lock is incredible and it…