{"id":383239,"date":"2020-07-16T17:51:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T21:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/this-25000-gadget-can-steal-almost-any-car-that-starts-with-a-fob.php"},"modified":"2020-07-16T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T21:51:07","slug":"this-25000-gadget-can-steal-almost-any-car-that-starts-with-a-fob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/this-25000-gadget-can-steal-almost-any-car-that-starts-with-a-fob.php","title":{"rendered":"This $25,000 Gadget Can Steal Almost Any Car That Starts With a Fob"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2020\/07\/gadget-steal-almost-any-car-300x158.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"This $25,000 gadget, in the shape of a Nintendo Game Boy, is a magic key that can emulate the signal from a whole host of car maker's key fobs.\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div><h2>Game Boy Car<\/h2><p>It&rsquo;s stylized like a Nintendo Game Boy, but you won&rsquo;t be able to play &ldquo;Super Mario Land&rdquo; on it.<\/p><p>Instead, the $25,000 device is designed to emulate the signal from a whole host of car makers&rsquo; key fobs. In other words, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/tech\/34817\/this-25000-game-boy-is-made-for-stealing-cars-not-playing-tetris\"><em>The Drive<\/em> reports<\/a>, it&rsquo;s a skeleton car key &mdash;&nbsp;a devious gadget that lets you steal almost any modern car.<\/p><p>The SOS Key Tool is being sold by SOS Autokeys, a Bulgarian company that claims it doesn&rsquo;t want to break any laws, according to <em>The Drive<\/em>. But potential owners won&rsquo;t have to go through a background check, either. So, uh, we&rsquo;re sure that everything they do will be perfectly legit.<\/p><h2>Pop and Unlock<\/h2><p>By activating a proximity system through the press of a button, owners of the shady device can scan and record any signal coming from the target car. The tool will even allow you to start the car through keyless ignition.<\/p><p>A similar technology was likely used by hackers who targeted Teslas in August of last year. Thieves <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/uk-thieves-hacked-stole-tesla\">showed up on home security video footage<\/a> walking up to a Tesla owner&rsquo;s home with what appeared to be some sort of device, likely attempting to spoof the vehicle&rsquo;s fob signal.<\/p><p>As soon as <em>The Drive<\/em> published its story, all traces of the device seemed to disappear. Has law and order prevailed?<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/tech\/34817\/this-25000-game-boy-is-made-for-stealing-cars-not-playing-tetris\">This $25,000 &lsquo;Game Boy&rsquo; Is Made For Stealing Cars, Not Playing Tetris<\/a> [<em>The Drive<\/em>]<strong><br><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>More on cars:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/german-court-teslas-autopilot-false-advertising\">German Court: Tesla&rsquo;s &ldquo;Autopilot&rdquo; Is False Advertising<\/a><\/em><\/p><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/gadget-steal-almost-any-car\">This $25,000 Gadget Can Steal Almost Any Car That Starts With a Fob<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\">Futurism<\/a>.<\/p><p>More here:<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/gadget-steal-almost-any-car\" title=\"This $25,000 Gadget Can Steal Almost Any Car That Starts With a Fob\">This $25,000 Gadget Can Steal Almost Any Car That Starts With a Fob<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Game Boy Car It\u2019s stylized like a Nintendo Game Boy, but you won\u2019t be able to play \u201cSuper Mario Land\u201d on it. Instead, the $25,000 device is designed to emulate the signal from a whole host of car makers\u2019 key fobs. In other words, The Drive reports , it\u2019s a skeleton car key \u2014\u00a0a devious gadget that lets you steal almost any modern car.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/this-25000-gadget-can-steal-almost-any-car-that-starts-with-a-fob.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}