more on Inaccurate reporting in "Gone in 60 seconds"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Tom Gray <tom_gray_grc () yahoo com>
Date: May 8, 2006 12:28:13 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Inaccurate reporting in "Gone in 60 seconds"

 Prof Farber:

For your IP lsit if you deem it suitable:

Contrary to what was stated below, RFID devices can be
and are active transponders. Such a RFID device is
called "Cricket" and is used as a location device for
tracking goods on productiuon lines, people for
location-based telephone servcies etc.

Tom Gray



--- David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "Synthesis: Law and Technology"
> <synthesis.law.and.technology () gmail com>
> Date: May 8, 2006 11:26:55 AM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: jspira () basex com
> Subject: Re: [IP] Inaccurate reporting in "Gone in
> 60 seconds"
>
> Dave,
>
> It goes deeper than what Jonathan reported.  keyless
> remotes and
> immobilizers are not RFID devices at all.  They are
> broadcast
> devices, not passive.  They dont sit there waiting
> to be 'read'.  I
> wonder at the rest of the article, but given what we
> already know to
> be inaccurate it seems pointless to check further
>
>
> Dan
>
> On 5/7/06, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Jonathan B Spira <jspira () basex com >
> Date: May 6, 2006 10:06:32 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Inaccurate reporting in "Gone in 60
> seconds"
>
>
> Dave
>
> Fact checking certainly was out to lunch on this.
>
> The article conflates a bunch of facts and errors so
> it is hard to
> assess how real the danger is.
>
> For starters, BMW doesn't make an S5 - Beckham had
> two X5s stolen
> from him.  That would normally be a minor detail
> except for the fact
> that the X5 doesn't come with Comfort Access (n.b.
> BMW's new 3er,
> 5er, 6er, and 7er all have the Comfort Access
> keyless system) - even
> though the story positions the Beckham thefts as if
> they were due to
> Comfort Access.
>
> I saw a similar article  on leftlanenews.com days
> ago - also citing
> the X5 thefts as if they were due to Comfort Access
> - so it sounds as
> if this is just going to make the rounds despite
> faulty reporting.
>
> Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Szívélyes
> üdvözlet/Cordialement/
> Cordiali saluti/Saludos/Vänliga hälsningar
>
> /s/ Jonathan
> Jonathan B. Spira
> CEO and Chief Analyst
> Basex, Inc.
> y jspira () basex com
> ( +1 (212) 725-2600 x113
> 8 http://www.basex.com
>
>
>
> David Farber <dave () farber net>
> 06.05.06 19:30
> Please respond to
> dave () farber net
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>
> To
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> [IP] : Gone in 60 seconds--the high-tech version
>
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>
>
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> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Glenn Tenney CISSM CISM
> <gt_IP060107 () think org>
> Date: May 6, 2006 7:14:23 PM EDT
> To: Dave Farber < dave () farber net>
> Subject: Gone in 60 seconds--the high-tech version
>
> ( for IP if you wish )
http://news.com.com/Gone+in+60+seconds-the+high-tech+version/
> 2100-7349_3-6069287.html
>
> Gone in 60 seconds--the high-tech version
>
> By Robert Vamosi
> Story last modified Sat May 06 06:00:03 PDT 2006
> <SNIP>
> Real-world examples
> Meet Radko Soucek, a 32-year-old car thief from the
> Czech Republic. He's
> alleged to have stolen several expensive cars in and
> around Prague using
> a laptop and a reader. Soucek is not new to auto
> theft--he has been
> stealing cars since he was 11 years old. But he
> recently turned
> high-tech when he realized how easily it could be
> done.
>
> Ironically, what led to his downfall was his own
> laptop, which held
> evidence of all his past encryption attempts. With a
> database of
> successful encryption strings already stored on his
> hard drive, he had
> the ability to crack cars he'd never seen before in
> a relatively short
> amount of time.
>
> And Soucek isn't an isolated example. Recently,
> soccer player David
> Beckham had not one, but two, antitheft-engineered
> BMW S5 SUVs stolen.
> The most recent theft occurred in Madrid, Spain.
> Police believe an auto
> theft gang using software instead of hardware
> pinched both of Beckham's
> BMWs.
> <SNIP>
>
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