Filed in archive
Privacy and Security
by gautam on August 7, 2006

RFID cars can be stolen. Thieves use a number of ways to break open into a RFID car. They could disable RFID reader by removing a fuse, steal RFID enabled blanket from the dealership, find out the spare RFID key in the manual in the glove box or probably use a semi secret sequence of pulls on the emergency brakes. The biggest problem encountered is when insurance companies fail to acknowledge that RFID cars could be stolen and refuse to compensate for it.
Just read the incident below to understand the whole situation
Last summer Emad Wassef walked out of a Target store in Orange County, California, to find a big space where his 2003 Lincoln Navigator had been. The 38-year-old truck driver and former reserve Los Angeles police officer did what anyone would do: He reported the theft to the cops and called his insurance company.
Two weeks later, the black SUV turned up near the Mexico border, minus its stereo, airbags, DVD player, and door panels. Wassef assumed he had a straightforward claim for around $25,000. His insurer, Chicago-based Unitrin Direct, disagreed.
Wassef's Navigator, like half of all late-model domestic cars on the road today, is equipped with a transponder antitheft system: The ignition key is embedded with a tiny computer chip that sends a unique radio signal to the vehicle's onboard computer. Without the signal, the car won't start. And Wassef still had both of his keys.
The insurance company sent a forensic examiner to check out the disemboweled SUV in an impound lot. The ignition lock, mounted on the steering column, had been forcibly rotated, probably with a screwdriver. The locking lug on the steering wheel, which keeps it from being turned when the truck is not in gear, had also been damaged. But the transponder system was intact. The car could have been shifted and steered, the investigator concluded, but the engine couldn't have been turned on. "Since you reportedly can account for all the vehicle keys, the forensic information suggests that the loss did not occur as reported," the company wrote to Wassef, denying his claim. The barely hidden subtext: Wassef was lying.
Thnx Brad & Cory
Permalink: RFID Enabled Cars Can Be Stolen
Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/31291
Mr Wong
Vote for RFID Enabled Cars Can Be Stolen:
|
Rating: 6.17 out of 6 vote(s) cast.
|
Response from:
neel
(12/02/06 7:34am)
Response from:
donate car
(05/24/07 1:08pm)
So how can i get my compensation if the same thing that happened to Wassef happens to me? Lie to them or what? Or better yet... What insurance company should I get, so that it would compensate my loss in the case of a theft of a RFID enabled car? I guess this is an insurance company's fix that will change over time, as more and more RFID enabled cars will get stolen.
Response from:
Kor Tech
(09/05/09 7:38am)
KorTech radiators is a manufacturer of Heat Exchange related items in copper and Brass specially radiators for various applications like Trucks, Tractors, Cars, Earthmoving Vehicle,
Subscribe
Use the search to look for other interesting posts
| RSS | See all blog subscribe options |
|
What is RSS? | |
| Yahoo! |
|
| Addthis |
|
| Bloglines |
|
| Newsletter | |
| Follow us on Twitter! |








Though I haven't practically tested this out, this still seems to be workable to me...anybody with a better knowledge do share