Car security investigation: How W5 'stole' a car using a device we ordered online
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In part two of a three-part series into how thieves are able to drive off with modern vehicles so easily, CTV W5 correspondent Jon Woodward uses a device flagged by police to easily clone a car key.
This is part two of a three-part investigative series by CTV W5 into how car thieves are able to drive off with modern vehicles so easily. W5 correspondent Jon Woodward ordered a device that had been flagged by police and used it to clone a vehicle key.
A device that can be used to clone a car’s key fob and drive it away without the assistance of the owner can be ordered online, delivered within days and put to use in under an hour, a W5 investigation has found.
How do we know? Because we did it.
And the demonstration illustrates what some say is an ongoing security flaw, even as governments, law enforcement agencies and insurance companies rush to block a wave of thefts that totalled some $1.5 billion in value last year.
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