# Key fob security

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/key-fob-security/130192>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/key-fob-security/130192 "2018-12-04T15:41:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![macfisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@macfisto](https://community.cartalk.com/u/macfisto)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/key-fob-security/130192/1 "2018-12-04T15:41:18Z")

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Did nobody think of this when these fobs were developed? Seems like a pretty obvious thing that organized thieves would figure out, forthwith:

> **[Auto theft on the rise in Toronto area, and a security expert thinks he knows...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/car-thefts-rising-1.4930890)**
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> Auto thefts are on the rise across the Greater Toronto Area, by 30 per cent in the city alone, and wireless key fobs may have a role to play.