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Summarize this content to 100 words Since 2019, the number of car thefts in the US has increased by 25.1%. UMich researchers have created an anti-theft device that could potentially replace immobilizer key fobs. A team from the University of Michigan has come up with a solution that doesn’t use wireless signals. The “Battery Detective” is embedded between the car’s battery and its electrical system and measures voltage fluctuations. When a certain sequence of these oscillations is played, the car starts. You can set up the sequence using the keyboard or a fingerprint reader that connects to the cigarette lighter socket. At the same time, every button and switch in the car creates its own voltage fluctuations when pressed, which means that the entire system can be used as a keyboard to unlock the ignition. Yes, the sequence may include two presses of the brake pedal, one press of the left rear window lift button, and a click of the wiper handle.The only way to break into such a system is to connect the device to the car’s system, read the voltage signature and reproduce the sequence. A prototype system was tested on eight cars in 2022 and was found to be “more than 99.9% effective in detecting and preventing illegal activity without interfering with the normal operation of the vehicle.” The system includes an alarm and a function that will completely shut down the car if it detects an unauthorized power source.The research team raised funds to develop a “commercially viable prototype.” Earlier this year, Hyundai and Kia began rolling out free software updates to millions of their cars after a wave of thefts of them sparked by a TikTok challenge. A team of hackers posted educational videos on the social network on how to bypass the car’s security system using such simple tools as a USB cable. Also, Hyundai and Kia agreed to pay compensation in the amount of $200 million in a class action lawsuit over a series of car thefts.
In the USA, they invented an anti-theft system that reads the voltage
Since 2019, the number of car thefts in the US has increased by 25.1%. UMich researchers have created an anti-theft device that could potentially replace immobilizer key fobs.
A team from the University of Michigan has come up with a solution that doesn’t use wireless signals. The “Battery Detective” is embedded between the car’s battery and its electrical system and measures voltage fluctuations.
When a certain sequence of these oscillations is played, the car starts. You can set up the sequence using the keyboard or a fingerprint reader that connects to the cigarette lighter socket. At the same time, every button and switch in the car creates its own voltage fluctuations when pressed, which means that the entire system can be used as a keyboard to unlock the ignition. Yes, the sequence may include two presses of the brake pedal, one press of the left rear window lift button, and a click of the wiper handle.
The only way to break into such a system is to connect the device to the car’s system, read the voltage signature and reproduce the sequence.
A prototype system was tested on eight cars in 2022 and was found to be “more than 99.9% effective in detecting and preventing illegal activity without interfering with the normal operation of the vehicle.”
The system includes an alarm and a function that will completely shut down the car if it detects an unauthorized power source.
The research team raised funds to develop a “commercially viable prototype.”
Earlier this year, Hyundai and Kia began rolling out free software updates to millions of their cars after a wave of thefts of them sparked by a TikTok challenge. A team of hackers posted educational videos on the social network on how to bypass the car’s security system using such simple tools as a USB cable. Also, Hyundai and Kia agreed to pay compensation in the amount of $200 million in a class action lawsuit over a series of car thefts.
