[Year 12 IT Apps] Why keeping your keys in the freezer can stop thieves breaking into your car

[Mark]

Dammit, sir. Now I'll not get to sleep tonight.

I wish my Subaru BRZ had the same thief-proof technology I enjoyed with my
first motorbike, a Harley-Davidson Aermacchi 350.
Cunningly, it only started after being rolled down a steep hill and popping
the clutch into second gear.
I had to remember always to park at the top of a hill if I expected to get
to uni on the next day.

Two personal security sidebars:

- My mother had a story of how after shopping at Southland Shopping Centre,
she returned to her Morris Minor, unlocked it, drove home - and then
realised the stuff in the boot was not hers. She had the wrong car. She
returned the car, found hers parked nearby and came back home.

- For years I have had a worn old key that has unlocked *every* filing
cabinet I have ever come across. And when I was a little tacker I
discovered that our garage door key unlocked *every* garage door in the
street.

That's how the modern hacker must feel.

Hola.

On 16 April 2015 at 15:39, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fascinating security story to share with your IT kids.  "Why keeping your
> keys in the freezer can stop thieves breaking into your car"
>
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> http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/why-keeping-your-keys-in-the-freezer-can-stop-thieves-breaking-into-your-car-20150415-1mm25p.html.html
>
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> PS: The fridge is just a faraday cage, I could do much the same thing
> hiding my keys in the chook shed. The ducks that we keep at home are a
> great biometric security alarm system if they go looking in there ..
>
> —
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> *Roland GESTHUIZEN*http://about.me/rgesthuizen
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>

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