Comments on this article are invited.
I have already written a response on this article to a friend but will
withhold posting it for a while to see what others say.

In this article a number of senior security experts are reported to
recommend wrapping car electronic key fobs* with tinfoil when carried daily
and maybe storing in a metal can at home.
The aim is to create a Faraday cage to foil (groan) "cyber-thieves' "
attempts to copy the unlock codes.
(*  ie 'keys' with wireless unlocking capabilities )

          https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/105333168/why-you-
might-want-to-wrap-your-car-key-in-foil


       Russell

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Cited experts include:

> Holly Hubert, who retired in 2017 from the FBI in Buffalo, New York.
Now, CEO of GlobalSecurityIQ,

> Moshe Shlisel, CEO of GuardKnox Cyber Technologies and a veteran of the
Israeli Air Force who helped develop cyber protection for fighter jets and
missile defense systems.
 ... "The credit card holders don't work because they're essentially a net
rather than a wall." ...
He visited Detroit recently to meet with carmakers. He's already working
with Daimler on Mercedes-Benz vehicles and the Volkswagen Group on Porsche,
Audi and Volkswagen products to protect them from hackers. Other clients
and potential clients have asked to remain confidential.

Shlisel says: "The best thing you can do is keep your key in a small tin
can wrapped with aluminum foil. But in a purse or pocket, just aluminum
foil will do the job."

> Unspecified: Cybersecurity experts say privately that anyone who knows
anything about the ease of auto and personal data hacking practices safe
fob storage.

> Clifford Neuman, director of the USC Center for Computer Systems Security
in Los Angeles, points to the millions of consumers who now carry their
credit cards in a protective pocket designed to work as a Faraday cage.

> Unspecified: People who store their fobs in Faraday cages aren't
paranoid, experts say.

> Faye Francy, executive director of the nonprofit Automotive Information
Sharing and Analysis Center, which specialises in cybersecurity strategies.
"Automakers are starting to implement security features in every stage of
design and manufacturing. This includes the key fob."
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